Rice University marine biologists (from left) Lauren Howe-Kerr, Amanda Shore and Adrienne Correa prepare for a research dive at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary in October 2018.

A boat captain spotted two whales off the Alabama coast Sunday morning near Perdido Pass in Baldwin County. Bobby Kelly, ...

PHOTOGRAPH BY SHAWN MILLER “The really sad thing about this is that they’re eating plastic thinking it’s food,” says Matthew Savoca, a marine biologist with the National Oceanic and ...