While having the beach at your doorstep may sound like an enviable, expensive luxury, it’s more attainable than you might think.

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Under, which just opened in Norway, is the first underwater restaurant in Europe and the largest in the world.
Large, intelligent marine mammals like whales and dolphins will soon be banned from aquariums and amusement parks in Canada.
When the new intern at the Coco Palm Dhuni Kolhu isn't caring for the resort's turtles, they'll be dining and snorkeling for free.
After spending years in captivity in China, two beluga whales are preparing to make the journey to the Sea Life Trust beluga whale sanctuary in Iceland.
When 11-year-old Terry Jo Duperrault was found in the middle of the ocean, she was hours from death. And she was the only member of her family left alive.
The wreckage dates back to the 5th century B.C.E. but wasn't discovered until the 1990s. The site is the first underwater museum of its kind in Greece.
The warty comb jelly forms an anus only when it needs to defecate, and it may hold clues to how the anus evolved millions of years ago.
New fossil research shows that the last megalodons died off 1 million years earlier than previously believed, suggesting that the simultaneous rise of great white sharks contributed to their extinction.
The Oscar-winning director may have fake-directed the fake-version of 'Aquaman' in 'Entourage,' but a lack of reality would never have allowed him to do it in real life.
The swimmers got close enough to touch her.
In 1628, the 'Vasa' sank on its maiden voyage. For the next 300 years, it sat in a watery grave—until one man sparked a monumental effort to salvage it.