“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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A so-called "dead zone" the size of Connecticut is set to wreak havoc in the Gulf of Mexico this summer, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has forecast. The above-average ...

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 ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Scientists released findings showing that the Gulf dead zone west of the Mississippi River is around 4,772 square miles. The dead zone is an area of low to no oxygen that can kill ...

When "Shark Week" scientists and film crews explored the Indian River Lagoon for seven days in May, it took them three days just to find one living bull shark to which they could attach a sensor to ...