About 252 million years ago, something close to apocalyptic swept through the oceans. New research finally cracks open why some sea creatures survived that catastrophe while others simply blinked out ...

Live animals are going extinct in Hollywood, as summer movies such as "Moana" and "Disclosure Day" opt for computer-generated ...

Research on Spriggina floundersi fossils found the wormlike creatures favored their right sides, a behavioral preference in ...

A closer look at the sea stars around the Gulf of Maine reveals creatures far stranger and more fascinating than their simple ...

The Birch Aquarium at Scripps successfully hatched and raised 15 red octopuses, marking the first time this species has been ...

It got salty, and there were some rough waters, but unionized employees and management at Sea Creatures restaurant group came to a tentative agreement on a union contract Wednesday night, the union ...

One of the toughest things about being a doctor in Roblox Animal Hospital is that you have to identify multiple anomalies for the sake of your patients. Failing to identify even one anomaly can result ...

The ocean’s hiding some deep secrets. An oceanic expedition off Brazil has discovered 31 otherworldly new critters, including ghostly invertebrates, animals living inside their own bodily fluids and ...

They've roamed the oceans for more than 100 million years, outlasted the dinosaurs, and can dive nearly 4,000 feet deep — and yet, somehow, sea turtles are still wildly underappreciated. Today, in ...

Some look like floating ghosts. Others resemble glowing ribbons, translucent balloons or creatures that seem better suited for another planet than Earth's oceans. Scientists exploring deep waters off ...

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Recently, while picking up a banh mi in my neighborhood, I found myself transfixed by a TV in the restaurant showing what I assumed was a nature documentary. At first the footage soothed: Gentle ...