It’s an organic gem like a pearl. But instead of residing in a shell, this Hawaii gem grows slowly like a miniature tree deep ...

As sea turtle nesting season moves into full swing along Florida’s Space Coast, conservationists are raising alarms about a growing number of hazards caused by human activity, putting the species at ...

Researchers said they named the new species after the Nansei Islands near the Okinawa Trough where it was first discovered and, so far, the only area where it has been found. The Nansei Islands., also ...

This previously unknown symbiotic relationship helps keep methane—a major greenhouse gas—trapped in the ocean.

Vulnerable marine life is getting caught in the crosshairs of our electrifying world, the new study suggests. View on ...

A man paddleboarding with his friends is shocked to see a squid wrapping its tentacles around his paddleboard and pulling him ...

Deep-sea mining in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean could harm ocean life including whales and dolphins, new research shows ...

With ear-like fins that flap gracefully through the water, this Dumbo octopus looks like it waltzed straight out of an ...

The latest addition is the Marine Organismal Body Size (MOBS) database, an open-access resource that—as its name implies—has ...

Piping plovers are also probably the best known of the federally endangered or threatened animal and plant species in Connecticut. There are others.

Climate change jeopardizes endangered species’ habitats. Potentially jeopardizing them further is a federal proposal around ...