The seals’ ability to detect the amount of oxygen in their blood may help them make diving decisions and avoid drowning.

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Texas is home to some beautiful beaches, but if you're planning on taking a swim in the ocean these are five creatures you should definitely watch out for.

Biological sciences researchers from the U of A have led the publication of a paper that expands our understanding of sensory ...

The rich resources of Pacific kelp forests helped humans populate the Americas. Now depleted by as much as 95 percent, they ...

The water clarity allows you to look into the water and see the stony bottom, and a small, striped fish darting between the ...

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The sea cucumber’s color is “unique,” researchers said, and its smaller number of tentacles (15 compared to 18 found in other related species) sets the animal apart. The species earns its name from a ...

Some of the creatures that call the depths of the ... researchers said. The black pearl sea cucumber is deep purple in color with thick skin, researchers said. Yunlu Xiao and Haibin Zhang (2025 ...

A mama sea creature was seen with her baby in California waters, onlookers said. Akira Hojo Unsplash A “beautiful” mama sea creature was spotted alongside her baby off the coast of California.

When sea otters were reintroduced along the coastlines of islands in Southern California and British Columbia, researchers saw kelp forests return to areas that were destroyed by sea urchins.