Scientists on an icebreaker ship have captured a number of weird and wacky animals from Antarctica's ocean floor, including a ...

Life originated in the ocean and there are many more major groups of animals there than on land! For example echinoderms (starfish, urchins, etc.) only occur in the ocean. Despite this, there are far ...

Researchers created DNA tools that detect deep-sea marine animals like squids and octopuses by analyzing ocean water.

Since its discovery in 1925, only eight adult specimens have been reported, severely limiting scientists’ ability to research ...

The animals graze the vegetation into a picturesque turf, fertilize the soil with their dung and disperse seeds over large ...

A recent groundbreaking study has revealed an astonishing natural event: terrestrial animals that managed to journey across the Pacific Ocean, covering an immense 8,000 kilometers, to settle on a new ...

Louisiana has become home to numerous invasive species, some of them wreaking havoc on the state's environment. Here are the threats to the state.

While they might look like average land animals, they share this trait ... These strange-looking marine animals live in icy ocean habitats and use hemocyanin to keep their systems running.

The animals are being poisoned by the ocean they live in, experts say ... Human-caused climate change and land development are also making unwanted changes to the ecosystem and feeding the ...

Park rangers say at least 84 gopher tortoises are now living at Fort de Soto Park near St. Petersburg. Prior to Hurricane ...

The Saya de Malha Bank is one of the world’s largest seagrass fields and the planet’s most important carbon sinks. It faces ...