As companies search underwater for resources, scientists are taking inventory of the ocean-dwelling creatures that could be ...

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Mosasaurs were enormous reptiles best known for ruling ancient oceans more than 66 million years ago, but new evidence suggests some also lived in rivers. Scientists reached this conclusion after ...

Ivory gulls sometimes breed on mountainous Arctic peaks, known as nunataks. These all-white gulls, perfectly camouflaged to ...

Deep-sea mining trials revealed significant but localized biodiversity loss in one of the planet’s least explored ecosystems.

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Researchers retrieved reef monitoring devices that had been placed in deep coral reefs in Guam. The devices were placed up to 330 feet below the surface.

The worm is a nemertean, a group of soft-bodied marine predators found from tide pools to the deep sea. Its species is ...

Fossil egg found in Antarctica suggests marine reptiles laid eggs, challenging previous beliefs about ancient life.

Lanice spongicola lives on a glass sponge, a deep-sea sponge with a skeleton made of silica, that rises from hard rock. The ...

The stingrays — which arrived in December 2023 — are among roughly 150 species in the district's marine biology lab. Another recent addition to the lab's menagerie is a shoal of lined seahorses. The ...

A stranded octopus gets a helping hand back to the ocean and takes the time to "high five" the rescuer. What really happened?