On Tetiaroa, a vibrant coral atoll dotted with sandy islets, archaeologists, marine biologists and cultural practitioners are ...

Nudibranchs are gastropod mollusks, like mussels, clams and scallops, but as adults they have no shell, so their soft body ...

Semisulcospira egretta, named after the city bird of Xiamen, the egret, was discovered by researchers in a stream during a ...

The mimic octopus, which lives in sandy habitats devoid of any shelter, even impersonates some of the ocean’s deadliest ...

Researchers on the vessel E/V Nautilus, operated by the Ocean Exploration Trust, were surprised to encounter a nautilus in ...

What's the strangest thing you've come across at the beach? For one Sunshine Coast grandmother, it was a "mermaid's purse" — ...

The silvery animal is so rarely seen and hard to identify that scientists doubted its existence for decades. Take a look.

Multiple cold seeps have been identified in the South China Sea and were first found in the northern region in 2004, ...

Aside from being a place for families to have fun and relax, the beach provides many ways to teach young children about science.

Clam shells could help scientists understand the Atlantic Ocean’s sensitive circulation system — and predict whether that ...

More than 30,000 creatures were involved in the count including terrapins, gentoo penguins and sea otters. Aquarists armed with their measuring tapes and clipboards counted more than 30,000 creatures ...

Dec. 19, 2024 — A new study examines the correlation between fish yield and live coral habitats. Researchers analyzed the yields of nine fisheries dependent on Australia's Great Barrier Reef ...