When sports were introduced to FAU in 1984, the school decided to use the Owls as an official mascot. A consulting firm hired by the school even briefly proposed a name change to the FAU Sharks in ...

Since 1857, The Atlantic has been challenging assumptions and pursuing truth. When the founders of The Atlantic gathered in Boston in the spring of 1857, they wanted to create a magazine that ...

The John Schuette, launched May 3, 1875, was named after a Manitowoc businessman who was at the time a state senator.

The schooner yacht America was a child star and ... America bolted across the Atlantic—New York to La Havre—in just 19 days (a passenger-­carrying sailing ship of the era might complete ...

Earning a spot as Sparky was no easy feat. For students interested in becoming a college mascot, here's what to know about the tryout process, time commitment and rules to follow in the suit.

We briefly had the Atlantic Schooners in 1984 in Dartmouth, N.S., a team with owners, a coach, and a general manager … but no stadium. The bid went down with all hands a little over a year after ...

The Atlantic has long been known as an ideas-driven magazine. Now we’re bringing that same ethos to audio. Like the magazine, the show will “road test” the big ideas that both drive the news ...

The Atlantic bluefin tuna is one of the largest, fastest, and most gorgeously colored of all the world’s fishes. Their torpedo-shaped, streamlined bodies are built for speed and endurance.

This year's Atlantic hurricane season has been a dramatic one, with the U.S. coast repeatedly slammed by powerful storms. The hurricane season runs between June 1 and November 30 every year ...

There are two tropical disturbances that are worth keeping an eye on in the Atlantic, but in the last day, risks are dropping that either will be able to organize enough to become a named storm.

This busy hurricane season just won’t quit. Another potential system may be brewing in the central Atlantic Ocean, and could threaten Puerto Rico or the Dominican Republic. Meteorologists at the ...