The animal kingdom showcases incredible speedsters. Golden eagles dive at 150 mph. Peregrine falcons reach over 240 mph.

A strange sea creature discovered in Japan, resembling a skeletal panda, turns out to be a new species of Clavelina tunicate.

Since marine mammals were federally protected, the only course of action for federal and state officials was to find a ...

It doesn't take a safari or a remote jungle trek to witness wild animals in their natural settings. Across the U.S., ...

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A Marriage at Sea” tells the stranger-than-fiction story of one couple who traded their lives for the ocean — and almost lost them.

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We know that some animals are bilaterian—meaning they display bilateral symmetry—while others are not, but nature is rarely so black-and-white.

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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 ...

Scientists on the US West Coast say they discovered three previously unknown species of deep-sea spider that could have a rare diet fueled by a common greenhouse gas.

Our planet is home to some of the most fascinating creatures that can survive without a brain and thrive without a complex nervous system.