“Sharks of the Dead Zone,” which premieres at 9 p.m. Friday as part of Discovery’s Shark Week, sounds a bit frightening. And it is, if you care about the health of our planet. The host of the special ...

More than 4 million acres of marine life habitat have become a "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico, threatening the lives of fish and other marine animals, NOAA said on Thursday. Although this is an ...

Nearly 6,000 square miles - an area roughly the size of Connecticut - will become a "dead zone" for marine life in the Gulf of Mexico this summer, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...

Did you know there's a massive "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico? No, we're not talking about the 1983 sci-fi horror film, or the early 2000s sci-fi TV series. This one is very much real. For decades, ...

The Gulf of America’s “dead zone” has shrunk significantly this summer, with scientists measuring a hypoxic area of just over 4,400 square miles — roughly a third smaller than last year and far less ...

NOAA-supported scientists announced today that this year's Gulf of Mexico "dead zone"—an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and marine life—is approximately 4,402 square miles, 21% smaller ...

For decades, an oxygen-depleted "dead zone" that is harmful to sea life has appeared in the Gulf of Mexico in a region off Louisiana and Texas. This year, it's larger than average, federal scientists ...

A dead zone, or as scientists prefer, a hypoxic zone, is an area in estuaries and coastal waters around the mouth of larger rivers entering the sea where the oxygen content is too low to support most ...

(The Center Square) – A low-oxygen “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico was larger than average and what was predicted, a recent survey found. The “dead zone” with little to no oxygen can kill fish and ...

Bull sharks use the Indian River Lagoon as a nursery. Juveniles live in the lagoon for up to 8 years before moving to the ocean. A Shark Week crew found one dead and one diseased bull shark. Shark ...

Scientists at Louisiana State University in late July discovered a dead zone in the Mississippi Sound, sparking a renewed effort by coastal conservationists to raise awareness of the issue and its ...