Sensors attached to animals gather valuable data to track and mitigate the human influence on marine life. The review paper emphasizes the importance of integrating data from various sources and ...

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

Lions, Tigers and Zebras! Plus Giraffes, Hippos and Bears. The best zoos in the US include large enclosures that allow for ...

One halcyon spring day in 1903, the 69-year-old anatomist and naturalist Dr. James Bell Pettigrew sat at the top of a sloping ...

The growth and lifespan of Parvancorina minchami, small anchor-shaped animals that lived on the seafloor about 550 million ...

Genomic analysis suggests that the ancestors of lizards on Fiji today rafted from North America some 30 million years ago.

The iguanas' 8,000-kilometer trip — one-fifth of the Earth’s circumference — is the longest made by a flightless land vertebrate.

The River Goil has suffered from excessive erosion - accelerated by floods, grazing of the banks and increased drainage from ...

In the cold, lightless Pacific Ocean deep, the seabed is scattered with metal-rich rocks coveted by miners—and huge numbers ...

The new attraction is the first-of-its-kind at any SeaWorld park, offering guests a unique blend of unusual aquaria, diverse ...

Scientists have identified 866 new species as part of the Ocean Census, a global mission to protect and accelerate the ...

Learn more about some of the best new discoveries: Off the southern coast of Japan, a new species of marine bristle worm, ...