Adaptation is essential for survival. Across species, it occurs over many generations through evolution and natural selection ...

Killer whale research occupies a vital space in marine ecology, illuminating the complex interactions between apex predators and their environments. Despite ...

Armed with poisonous spines, a voracious appetite, lack of predators, and an ability to quickly reproduce, the lionfish has come and conquered.

Half a billion years after Earth’s first mass extinction, a quarry in China has cracked open a lost ocean world.

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

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

By about 200 meters, light fades fast, and below 1,000 meters the sea is functionally dark, forcing life to solve survival with stranger tools than most surface creatures ever need. That is why so ...

From red to blue, harmless to lethal, and microscopic to humongous, jellyfish come in all different shapes and sizes and are ...

Scientists working in Colombian waters have documented 15 species of comb jellies, translucent marine animals known ...

Mongooses may not look especially impressive on their own, but their strength comes from coordination and clever positioning. With resistance to venom, sharp senses, and tight group formations, they ...

Spinosaurus, the only known semiaquatic dinosaur predator, joins Tyrannosaurus, Giganotosaurus and Carcharodontosaurus among the largest meat-eating dinosaurs.

The Australian box jellyfish, not any snake or scorpion, holds the title of the most venomous marine animal on the planet.