The latest addition is the Marine Organismal Body Size (MOBS) database, an open-access resource that—as its name implies—has collected body size data for more than 85,000 marine animal species and ...

A marine biologist claims to have found an animal off the coast of Mallorca that had been missing for nearly three centuries—the "Blue Dragon." As fascinating as its appearance is, contact with it can ...

In the past, the last thing that came to mind when I thought of snails and slugs was beauty. A little bit of disgust and maybe even fascination at best, but beauty? Today, things look rather different ...

A renowned marine biologist claims to have made a spectacular discovery off the coast of Mallorca: She reports having seen the rare sea slug Glaucus atlanticus. This would be the first sighting in ...

The Elysia sea slug can shed its body and regrow it from the head down. Learn how this marine marvel cheats death.

Deep-sea mining could impact marine life stretching from the tiniest bottom dwellers to apex predators like swordfish and sharks, a major piece of industry-funded research found Thursday.

Japan will from January attempt to extract rare earth minerals from the ocean floor in the deepest trial of its kind, the director of a government innovation program said Thursday.

Bottom-dwellers such as sea cucumbers, marine worms, starfish and crustaceans could see “significant declines in abundance immediately following mining”, research found.