Seagrass is crucial to the health of our ocean and provides food and shelter for a ton of animals. But this leafy green ...

Cockroaches that catch a ride on ants. Grasshoppers that climb aboard sheep. Hitchhiking animals are more common than you ...

A minke whale that was swimming in Long Beach Harbor earlier this month died from domoic acid poisoning, according to ...

The mysterious saga of two “out-of-habitat” whales has taken another strange turn, with the pair showing up in a tropical region where the species isn’t known to exist, according to trackers. “In an ...

The adult gray whale, entangled in a gillnet that got caught on a rock crab trap, was “anchored in place” on the sea floor, ...

Giant freshwater crayfish, longer and bulkier than today's species, roamed New Zealand 20 million years ago. They would have ...

The creatures cruised the world’s oceans with features we often associate with marine mammals, such as coats of blubber and ...

These birds have evolved to withstand the equatorial sun and shelter in volcanic rocks along a subtropical coastline. After ...

Then, they saw two creatures they didn’t expect. The researchers were led by Morakot Jowranta, head of the Marine National Park Study and Research Center in Chumphon, according to an April 7 Facebook ...

This sedentary deep-sea creature has developed remarkable survival tactics, using camouflage and sticky tentacles to thrive in the harsh conditions of Monterey Canyon.

The brand-new species was given the name Tripedalia maipoensis as a tribute to where scientists originally found the marine ...