Its closest rival in terms of size, the Nomura’s jellyfish (Nemopilema nomurai), is heavier per individual due to a larger ...

A transparent goby fish drifted through the darkness, its skeleton visible through paper-thin skin. Nearby, a sea slug wore ...

When Ted Judah goes scuba diving off the coast in Monterey Bay, he normally swims at the surface to the area above the dive ...

Photis Gaitanos’ rough fingers adroitly untangle the venomous spikes of a lionfish from a net, throwing the exotic-looking creature into an ice-filled rubber bin along with other fis ...

After decades of confusion and false starts, scientists have at last uncovered the face of Hallucigenia, one of the most ...

We went fossil hunting in Florida looking for something extremely rare. Fossilized sea grass that is around 40 million years old. These are the oldest fossils you can find in the state.

Clear out your shelves for a bumper new crop of books by authors including Naomi Klein, Rebecca Solnit and Xand Van Tulleken, ...

An alternative is to write Avatar novels, going into significant detail on the world and telling the stories of the sequels. ...

In the age of dinosaurs—before whales, great whites or the bus-sized megalodon—a monstrous shark prowled the waters off ...

Lionfish, with their red and orange-hued stripes and antennae-like barbs that menacingly ward off enemies, threaten to ...

One that caught attention from many was a type of sea mollusk that washed ashore on South Padre Island in late May.