While packing for an upcoming trip to Ecuador, I considered whether or not to take my 10X hand lens. I wondered just exactly ...

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.

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, ...

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

A construction project at San Pedro High School in Los Angeles, California, turned up millions of rare fossils dating back ...

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

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

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

Scientists from the New England Aquarium’s Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life recently spotted over 82 unique North Atlantic right whales – including 56 in one day. These ...

The sightings reported by the New England Aquarium’s Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life represent more than one quarter of ...

Experts say they cannot remove a stranded dead whale from a beach. The animal, believed to be a minke or fin whale, washed up on Hartlepool's Headland beach on Sunday and remains there days later.