Over 800 marine species have recently been discovered including a guitar-shaped shark off the coast of Mozambique. NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks to marine biologist, Lucy Woodall.

For decades, scientists were baffled by why thorny skates in the North Atlantic came in two distinct sizes. Despite extensive ...

After nine months, the strange behavior that claimed the lives of endangered sawfish is back. Here’s what we know about ...

Fish can change their teeth quickly, which speeds up their evolution. Cichlids in African lakes show the fastest ...

A total of 866 new marine species have been discovered in just 16 months by the Nippon Foundation–Nekton Ocean Census as they embark on the world's most extensive mission to discover ocean life. Among ...

Researchers combine acoustic monitoring with a neural network to identify fish activity on coral reefs by sound. They trained the network to sort through the deluge of acoustic data automatically, ...

For 162 million years, sturgeons have fended off everything they’ve faced. Now scientists are racing to save these living ...

Case in point, it was announced earlier this month 866 new marine animal species have been discovered by the Nippon ...

With its distinct golden, scaleless body and large eyes, the species showcases a gradual adaptation to its dark cave environment. Researchers are now using the Xingren golden-lined fish to better ...

A research team led by Chang Chih-wei (張至維) from the National Academy of Marine Research in 2023 worked ... tissue samples and conducted molecular identification, then compared the samples of similar ...

Scientists have tracked marine life along the length ... The movements of key species, including sharks, rays and commercially important fish tagged with transmitters, can be understood more ...