Right now, it’s unknown whether hundreds of fish species are threatened with ... a process that can pinpoint the presence of animals and plants by detecting tiny traces of genetic material.

To assemble the genome, first he needed to collect fresh samples from sharks, and catching a one-ton fish that ... in marine animals, including the 200-year-old red sea urchin.

Neither of them could have guessed it was an oarfish — a deep-sea creature rarely spotted on the surface whose infrequent appearances have inspired centuries of folklore that the fish are both ...

Find out how joints facilitate movement, from humans to sharks, and the evolutionary history of these remarkable structures.

Any cue or attribute that modifies an ... into the sea were reportedly blocked when the attacks occurred. This may have allowed schools of fish, which are invariably followed by sharks, to swim ...

“We’re interested in the natural patterns of shark behavior so that we can understand why people occasionally get bitten by these animals ... which includes fish, stingrays and other sharks ...

A mission to detect some of Australia and New Zealand’s most elusive underwater creatures has been revealed. Right now, it’s ...

A mammoth 1,653-pound great white shark surfaced off Florida's coast Sunday. The shark is the largest male tagged by OCEARCH scientists.

Marine mammals have been sighted across South-east Asia, one of the world’s marine biodiversity hot spots with more than 3,000 species of fish and ... harm to sea animals. Ingesting marine ...

Whale sharks ... than 30,000 fish being washed up dead in the Pilbara in January. The ocean off Bermagui was 21.1 degrees and expected to rise to 22 degrees later in the week. Sea temperatures ...

Whatever the shape the animals are - big or small, round or flat, fins or flippers - they're all at home under water. Take a trip under the sea and ... kinds of fish, even giant sharks, to live ...

Recently, a few miles off the coast of Tenerife, in the Canary Islands, a rarely-seen sea creature emerged from the ocean’s dark depths. Wildlife photographer David Jara was there, along with a group ...