Teetering near endangered status, the starlet sea anemone produces “an ancient mechanism” for fighting viruses that ...

A research expedition off the coast of Brazil has documented more than 30 new deep-sea species, from translucent worms to ...

Sightings of these peculiar fish have become more frequent in UK waters in recent years, possibly linked to warming sea ...

These real-life ocean animals were so terrifying to seafarers that they became embedded in history as legendary sea monsters ...

A well-worn expression among oceanographers and others who explore the watery depths of planet Earth is that we humans “know the surface of Mars better than our ocean floors.” Covering more than 70 ...

It might share its name with the largest meat-eating dinosaur that ever lived, but this isn’t the T.rex we all know and ...

The cuttlefish is one of the most extraordinary animals on Earth. In less than a second, it can transform its color, pattern, ...

Regarding a female argonaut’s translucent shell, National Geographic states: "After mating, it begins secreting calcite from the tips of two of its arms, a continuous process. That forms the delicate, ...