Imagine discovering a creature that could be as old as 500 years, swimming in the depths of the ocean. This is exactly what ...

During recent construction work at a Los Angeles high school, millions of fossils were unearthed, many of which were marine ...

Scavengers of the decomposing whale included coyotes, crows and even a turkey vulture, according to Vashon Nature Center ...

Sperm whales are the loudest animals on Earth and rely on sound to find food in the sprawling darkness of the deep sea. MBARI ...

Evolving techniques and data indicate some ancient giants like Dunkleosteus and Megalodon may have been smaller than initial estimates suggested.

Every year, as thousands of humpbacks return to their breeding grounds near a protected bay, locals gather on the beach to ...

Australian lungfish are known to be ultra-survivors, but this lungfish is pushing the boundaries even for its own kind. At ...

Just seven millimetres long, flea toads are among the smallest vertebrates on Earth. Despite their diminutive size, their ...

Think of it this way: A version of essentially every vital organ in your body also exists in the flea frog, the world’s smallest vertebrate discovered only ... everything in a twenty-three-tonne blue ...

Fecal samples, which are scooped up before they dissipate in the water, can be hard to immediately attribute to the right pooper, but a DNA test can help with that. By examining an orca’s poo, ...

Our ocean's twilight zone is still very much a big murky marine mystery, but we dive into the fascinating facts about this ...

A giant whale stole the show at the Summer Olympic Games, shooting out of the water as athletes competed in women's surfing ...