Sometimes the birds sat down on the sea in groups, near brown seaweed that rolled on the waves.

VOA: special.2010.03.06

Peace talks collapsed in 2000 when Israel refused to give Syria a foothold on the Sea of Galilee.

VOA: standard.2009.04.26

The bear he says brings that message home. "It gives people an opportunity to connect with literally the processes that are going on up on the sea ice of the Arctic Ocean around the North Pole which is melting,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.13

It ends at the Dead Sea, the lowest point on Earth, four hundred meters below the level of the Mediterranean Sea.

VOA: special.2009.05.18

Far below sea level, they contain some of the harshest environments on Earth, with no oxygen and no light.

VOA: special.2010.11.10

For many Americans, summer is a time to put on swim wear and spend time at the sea or a lake.

VOA: special.2010.06.08

In recent years, there have been growing concerns about the floating garbage and its effect on sea creatures and human health.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

And the strong man, still holding the small child, drifted away on the shadowy river that flows forever to the unknown sea.

VOA: special.2009.06.06

They gathered hundreds of sea creatures and water samples to measure the garbage patch's effect on ocean environment.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

I could tell from the surrounding mountains that we were on the bottom of a long dead sea.

VOA: special.2011.07.23

When people began sailing out of sight of land, sailors did not know how to tell where they were on the open sea.

VOA: special.2010.07.14

He examined fossilized remains in a piece of gypsum found on the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

Darwin found lizards called iguanas that lived on land and ones that fed in the sea.

VOA: special.2009.02.25

Eleanor was the navigator on each ship that Josiah commanded during all their years at sea.

VOA: special.2009.12.23