When deep-sea explorers from the Schmidt Ocean Institute went on expedition off the coast of Argentina, they were amazed to see an enormous creature floating through the gloom: a giant phantom ...

The Philippines has more than 7,000 islands, and danger does not only come from storms or floods. Threats can also hide in rice fields, forest paths, seawaters, even schools. Snake bites, marine ...

At one point, when he pulls the camera back into his boat, he manages to bring a crustacean species known as an isopod with him, with the little creepy crawly looking far from happy about being ...

Often mistaken for their more dangerous relatives, the delicate by-the-wind sailors are largely harmless and rely on wind to ...

BENEATH THE SURFACE OF DISNEY’S AMAZING AQUATIC ADVENTURE. The Art of Finding Dory by Disney and Pixar Studios (preface by ...

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

With a cube-shaped bell and four tentacles extending from each corner, box jellyfish have a striking look that sets them apart, Jace Tunnell writes.

This is a baby bat taking a bubble bath. If it doesn’t melt your heart, nothing will. In northeastern Australia, not far from the coastal city of Cairns, is a place called Tolga Bat Hospital. It is, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The emperor scorpion (Pandinus imperator) is one of the most recognizable species in the world, but it is far from the most lethal ...

An international team of scientists have identified how to pinpoint and predict hotspots for some of the most dangerous species of scorpion in the world. The researchers have established the key ...

An international team of scientists has identified how to pinpoint and predict hotspots for some of the most dangerous species of scorpion in the world. The researchers have established the key ...

A Giant Asian forest scorpion (Heterometrus sp.) Credit: Andrew Downes, Xposure Scientists can now map deadly scorpion hotspots—offering a new weapon against one of the tropics’ most overlooked health ...