A new book by author Julian Sancton explores the lengthy quest to find the Spanish galleon—and the political firestorm that ...

A 19th-century shipwreck emerged from the sands at Island Beach State Park in New Jersey, revealing the wooden remains of the Lawrence N. McKenzie. Officials urge restraint.

A ship that was wrecked 136 years ago was uncovered on the beach at Island Beach State Park thanks to severe erosion, ...

When thinking about items on a shipwreck, one might imagine a treasure chest full of coins, stacks of gold bars, ship cargo or passengers' personal belongings. But inside some wrecks lie even rarer ...

When a shipwreck occurs around the world, it often makes the news for a few reasons. It could be that the ship was particularly well-known, or it could be how it sank that gets the public's attention, ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia has recovered gold and bronze coins, a porcelain cup and a cannon from a sunken Spanish warship dubbed the "holy grail of shipwrecks." The artifacts are the first treasures ...

The first objects lifted from the legendary San José galleon have finally surfaced from the Caribbean, turning a three-century-old shipwreck into a tangible, contested reality. Colombia’s decision to ...

Colombia has recovered gold and bronze coins, a porcelain cup and a cannon from a sunken Spanish warship dubbed the “holy grail of shipwrecks.” The artifacts are the first treasures to be recovered ...