Wading through a clear knee-deep tidal pool in coastal Florida, I was trying to move slowly, to avoid disturbing a gorgeous American oystercatcher napping on a small sandbar. Oystercatchers are ...

When we think of large birds, we might picture swans, ostriches, or eagles. But which bird is the biggest? Well, it depends on what you mean by big! When considering the "biggest" bird species, ...

A snapshot of blacktip reef sharks hunting hardyhead silverside fish won the 2024 Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition.

On Thursday, the Aquarium of the Pacific released its first Marine Species Report Card, detailing the population trends of 30 ...

A few fossilized body parts hinted at an enigmatic bird's close ties to waterfowl like ducks and geese. A newfound skull may bolster that idea.

Pulicat, a town in Tamil Nadu, is a key launch site for Indian rockets, home to migratory birds and cottage industry.

West Philippine Sea is the name given by an administrative order (AO) of then President Benigno Aquino III to Philippine territorial waters west of the country. Aquino’s AO said West Philippine Sea ...

With their pristine fur and dark almond eyes, arctic foxes are possibly one of the most beautiful mammals to have lived in ...

You might have to go big or go home, but going small with an electric car can save you a bundle. Like other electric cars, smaller models offer significant savings 0n running costs if you can ...

Editor’s note: This post looks back to 2012, when the accompanying image was captured on a Mexican beach, at a time when it was not widely known that adult great white sharks inhabited the Sea ...

Researchers studying crustaceans in Vietnam have identified a new "supergiant" sea bug species that bears ... but they're usually incredibly small, about 2.5 centimeters. The new species had ...

Scallop fishers in the Bay of Fundy are keeping an eye out for a creamy-white species that grows on ... The invasive marine invertebrate is known as sea vomit, sea squirt and pancake-batter ...