Researchers are piecing together the unusual chemical reactions that enable dinoflagellates to create spectacular light displays in tropical bays. But the mechanism behind their bioluminescence remain ...

"I’ve been down 3,000 feet alone in the ocean, which has got to be one of the loneliest places on the planet," Widder says.

Jellyfish have an array of traits that differ between species such as a temporary anus. Read here to learn more about these jellies.

The most common and widespread species of deer in North America may rely on “photoluminescence” in some surprising ways.

Jellyfish are strange creatures, with each species having its own set of unique traits and quirks. One example is the warty ...

Humanity is rapidly altering a vast ecosystem that sustains life on land and sea. But restoration is nearly impossible without understanding it better.

Outside a little town in central Pennsylvania, just off a highway, a single streetlamp shone where there was no street, no ...

From tracking leopards in Nagarhole to chasing birds at Bharatpur, two acclaimed photographers reveal the patience, gear and ...

The deep sea anglerfish lives in a place where sunlight never reaches and pressure crushes almost everything. In that darkness, evolution took a strange and unsettling path. Bioluminescent lures, ...

Symbiosis is the long-term, close interaction between two or more biological species, most often for the benefit of one or both parties. These interactions highlight the diversity of nature. One ...

‘Visitors may remember Erth’s previous shows at Auckland Museum, the much-loved Prehistoric Aquarium and Dinosaur Zoo.

A new type of visual cell has been identified in three fish species – the photoreceptor cell is adapted to gloomy light ...