The expedition also revealed a new species of armoured and iridescent scale worms, called Eulagisca sp. nov., as well as ...

Researchers have discovered 30 previously unknown deep-sea species in the remote ocean surrounding Antarctica, they announced ...

Rebecca Olive receives funding from The Australian Research Council. Every summer, many Australians head to the ocean to swim, surf, sail, kayak, and walk along the beach. But humans are not alone ...

If someone says “You’re glowing!” you may be in love. Or, more likely, you’re a marine animal. It’s a separate process from biofluorescence, in which blue light hits the surface of an animal and is ...

Beneath the ocean’s surface lies a world bursting with color—far more vibrant than many of us realize. From neon-bright fish to spotted crustaceans, some of the most colorful sea animals on the planet ...

Why would an apex ocean predator eat gloves? Or rope? Or plastic cups? How does a whale end up with more than 200 pounds of waste in its stomach? In November 2019, a young sperm whale was found dead ...

Not since an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs — along with at least half of all other beings on Earth — has life in the ocean been so at risk. Warming waters are cooking creatures in their own ...