Today, Ratan free dives — descending up to 60m (197 feet) below the surface, depths that usually only technical divers can ...

A previously unknown shark once swam around the shores of the UK more than 70 million years ago. The new species, named Pararhincodon torquis, is a distant relative of the collared carpet sharks which ...

It seemed his dream of recovering a complete skeleton from the 48-foot fin whale that washed up on the Anchorage mudflats in November might be slipping away with the tide. With permission from federal ...

For about six years, however, the population has failed to rebound as it did during previous die-offs. Scientists attribute ...

An oddly shaped deep-sea fish recently washed up on an Oregon beach, catching the attention of a local aquarium. The Seaside Aquarium identified the fish as a longnose lancetfish.

Fossils of Tiktaalik roseae blended fins with hints of limbs and sported a flat head suited for peering above the waterline.