The Drake Passage sits between South America and Antarctica, where the world’s strongest winds and currents converge. With no ...

Sailors called it a death sentence. Towering 80-foot waves, hurricane-force winds, and freezing waters that can kill in ...

In Antarctica, things can change in a heartbeat. Our ship was approaching the Lemaire Channel, nicknamed “Kodak Alley” for ...

When her husband fell deathly ill with no suitable second-in-command, Mary Ann Patten captained his ship to safety.

Mario Cristobal, head coach at the University of Miami, has brought the Hurricanes back to the national spotlight. His ...

The USA TODAY Graphics Team brought you visual looks at some of 2025's biggest moments. Revisit the year's biggest stories ...

Hurricane Melissa tore a path of destruction across Jamaica. Hurricane Melissa tore a path of destruction across Jamaica after the storm made landfall on Tuesday as a Category 5 hurricane, one of the ...

Learning doesn’t always mean flipping through heavy textbooks or sitting in a long lecture. Sometimes, it just takes ...

Learning doesn’t always mean flipping through heavy textbooks or sitting in a long lecture. Sometimes, it just takes ...

Officials say severe storms moving through Oklahoma kicked up high winds and two possible tornadoes. Damage was reported to some buildings and trees and power lines were downed, but there ...

A storm that brought more soaking rain to Southern California on Thursday is on the way out, but there will be little break with a conga line of storms set to hit waterlogged California through early ...

Low-earth orbit is home to around 14,000 satellites, a dramatic increase from around 4,000 in 2018. One major force behind the increased space congestion is tech billionaire Elon Musk’s Starlink.