The deep sea is home to some of the largest and strangest creatures on Earth. Scientists have long noticed a pattern of extreme size at great depths, but the reasons remain debated. Factors like ...

The ocean floor is becoming a massive plastic dump, with debris accumulating in deep-sea canyons and harming marine life.

The bumphead sunfish (Mola alexandrini) is one of the strangest and most impressive giants in the ocean. With a flattened, ...

Turtles today are often slow-moving, modestly sized creatures, but their ancient relatives were quite different. Long before ...

The whale shark always presents a subtle irony. It's the largest fish in the world, reaching tens of meters in length, yet ...

The new Center for Wildlife Rescue anticipates finding cold-stunned reptiles in the gulf. Here's how they plan to help, and ...

Scientists say the A23a iceberg in Antarctica appears to be stuck in shallow waters.

The formally feathered, flightless aquatic birds known as penguins dominate the frigid waters surrounding the subantarctic ...

A new study led by former Syracuse University doctoral student Ruliang He and co-authored by his advisor, Earth and environmental sciences Professor Zunli Lu, reveals that Earth's ancient tropical ...

This river takes a surprising turn and flows westward into the Arabian Sea. It has a unique path that makes it stand out from ...

David Rush teamed up with 11 tech industry workers to take on the world record for most balloons kept in the air for one ...

Australia now has the world’s largest coastal drone-surveillance operation and is installing nonlethal traps, or drumlines, ...