This adorable sea lion has to eat five to eight percent of its body weight every day to stay healthy and hydrated. Over the ...

A 35-day deepwater research voyage in the Coral Sea has yielded more than 110 new fish and invertebrate species — a figure ...

In a remarkable deep-sea breakthrough, researchers have discovered 24 new species of amphipods in the Pacific’s ...

Biologists have launched a database of marine animals’ body sizes that they say could help preserve biodiversity in Earth’s oceans. Why bother measuring animals’ body size? In an article in Global ...

Species are vanishing faster than ever, and many are disappearing before scientists even know they exist. Now, an ...

Glittery sea worms and sea squirts fit for The Lord of the Rings universe might sound like pure fantasy, but they’re very real creatures living in the deep sea. Some of these otherworldly ocean ...

Head Aquarist Nadine Nagata shares her picks of who’s been naughty and nice at Maui Ocean Center. The barracuda’s easygoing demeanor overcomes its intimidating appearance, thus landing itself on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The fossil of the Cambrian Period marine arthropod Fuxianhuiid, with gut preserved, discovered in Hunan province in southern China ...

With a large variety of starfish in the ocean, there are many unique appearances that can be surprising. One example is the cushion starfish. These marine animals are famous for their inflated bodies ...

Ocean Conservancy created a Wildlife Impact Calculator to help you understand the real benefits of your beach cleanups. If ...