Over the long and complicated course of evolutionary history, mammals independently turned towards water to make a home ...

Researchers at Northwestern University have identified a single mechanical ratio that dozens of unrelated sea creatures, from ...

Researchers at MBARI, the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, have been exploring this hidden world for years. Using ...

In July and August scientists onboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor (too) spotted the oddities through the eyes of an underwater robot as they explored the Mar del Plata Canyon.

The natural world is full of interesting creatures with unique biological systems. Among the most interesting creatures is the starfish, also referred.

Octopuses are perhaps the most unusual creatures to have ever inhabited the ocean. Their soft body, eight arms, and high ...

The longest animal on Earth isn’t what you think. It’s a drifting, gelatinous predator whose reach reshapes how we define ...

Dive to places uninhabitable by humans and encounter regal whales and colorful reef life. Ocean Animals features the world’s most charismatic animals that inhabit a realm humans can only fleetingly ...

Scientists recorded the first shark in Antarctic waters when a sleeper shark passed a deep-sea camera in near-freezing darkness.

Many insects live in fresh water, or close to the sea in salt marsh and beach habitats. There are also several species of water striders in the genus Halobates, which live on the ocean’s surface, far ...