Scientists say this shark has hardly changed since it first appeared millions of years ago. That’s why they’re so fascinated ...

Wordle players woke up this Monday, December 22, to another fun daily puzzle that got people thinking hard. The five-letter word game has become a habit for millions around the world. Some players try ...

SeaWorld announced the loss of Katina, the 50-year-old killer whale known for sticking her tongue out, on Sunday night.

Incredible’ octopuses, pollution and some puffin good news - Conservationists have described 2025 as year of the octopus ...

The worm is a nemertean, a group of soft-bodied marine predators found from tide pools to the deep sea. Its species is ...

New research highlights significant ecological risks from deep-sea mining, intensifying global debate over whether securing ...

Maryland Department of Natural Resources officials are asking people along the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic coast to watch for ...

Lanice spongicola lives on a glass sponge, a deep-sea sponge with a skeleton made of silica, that rises from hard rock. The ...

Every animal with a brain needs sleep—and even a few without a brain do, too. Humans sleep, birds sleep, whales sleep and ...

Columnist Gerald Winegrad shares some of his most extraordinary, and sometimes perilous, wildlife encounters during his ...

The sea otter pup was tiny, probably less than 2 weeks old, alone in Morro Bay on an October morning earlier this year. A ...

The stingrays — which arrived in December 2023 — are among roughly 150 species in the district's marine biology lab. Another ...