Penguins hand over pebbles; scorpionflies give spitballs. But I’m hankering after a sea sponge presented by a dolphin, says science writer Helen Pilcher ...

Leopard seals rank among the largest seal species on Earth, with adult females reaching nearly 12 feet in length and weighing ...

As companies search underwater for resources, scientists are taking inventory of the ocean-dwelling creatures that could be ...

A biologist explains the surprising evolutionary math behind how the blue whale became the largest animal that has ever lived ...

Alabama researchers will track sound changes as the 990-foot vessel transforms into an artificial reef off Florida's coast ...

Deep-sea mining trials revealed significant but localized biodiversity loss in one of the planet’s least explored ecosystems.

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), in collaboration with the Southern Marine Science and Engineering ...

These exhibits help visitors overcome common challenges, such as understanding the true scale of extinct animals or ...

One of the biggest quests in biology is understanding how every cell in an animal's body carries an identical genome yet ...

Everyone’s favorite white shark, Contender, is back on the move again, this time toward warmer seas for the winter. Contender caught attention in January, when he was tagged by nonprofit OCEARCH, off ...

But whilst undeniably (and impressively) old, living through such events as the Aztec Empire and the exploding whale incident ...

The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is the largest cetacean on the planet. While some have claimed that there were ...