Every year, gray whales embark on one of nature’s most epic migration journeys. Here’s what we know about it, according to ...

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 ...

As a shark tooth and fossil hunting enthusiast, I often have people ask me why I find fossils so fascinating. To me, the ...

Long before dinosaurs, Earth’s forests were ruled by a many-legged giant. Here’s why this millipede’s size still challenges ...

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

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

For years, the public face of ocean pollution has been the same: floating bottles, drifting bags, and beaches littered with ...

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

Mars may have been a "blue planet" with an ocean the size of today's Arctic Ocean, a new study suggests. New evidence of ...

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

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

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 ...