We know that some animals are bilaterian—meaning they display bilateral symmetry—while others are not, but nature is rarely ...

In a video by the Ocean Exploration Trust, scientists return to a whale fall off the coast of British Columbia for the third ...

Residents of a South African harbor town were left stunned — and rather charmed — by the unexpected visit of a large sea ...

Goldfinch4ever / Getty Images. As their name suggests, carrion beetles eat dead animals. These insects also lay their eggs on the deceased animals so their larvae can eat the meat when developing.

Epizoids - Animals that grow on other creatures. Examples include barnacles growing on turtle shells or a whale. Some epibiota are microscopic, the researchers said.

This deep-sea shark is one of the world’s largest glowing animals. A new study has found that three species of deep-sea shark, including the six-foot-long kitefin shark, are bioluminescent.

In a recent study published in Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, researchers of Wageningen University & Research and the University of Bergen have shown that release of deep ...

Sea pickles, for example, captivated a surgeon named Thomas Henry Huxley in 1851, who described the animals as “miniature pillars of fire gleaming out of the dark sea” while onboard the ...

Deep-sea creatures in Antarctica are able to live especially long and grow large, ... The oldest sponge, for example, is 15,000 years old. “If you want to have a long and happy life, ...

For example, they saw a male tiger shark circling to approach a female for courtship, and the evidence in sea turtles suggests circling might play some role in navigation.

Keep your distance to protect yourself, your boat and marine animals when observing these animals. Here are some tips from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations: Give space to ...

Dolphins get a lot of attention for their smarts. They’ve long been lauded as one of the world’s most intelligent animals. But new research suggests that sea otters may have outsmarted them ...