Life originated in the ocean and there are many more major groups of animals there than on land! For example echinoderms (starfish, urchins, etc.) only occur in the ocean. Despite this, there are far ...

When you think of blood, the first colour that probably comes to mind is red. That’s true for most animals, including humans.

Second only in size to the blue whale, seeing a fin whale surface from the ocean's depths can leave you spellbound!

Professor Lars Schmitz joins WIRED to guide us through a giant tree of life mapping the evolution of eyes in the animal ...

The Mesozoic Era extinctions formed the world as we know it today. Read about what caused them and which animals survived.

A new database compiling over 400 sightings of a mysterious ocean phenomenon known as ‘milky seas’ could help scientists soon ...

Bringing back sunflower sea stars, which are functionally extinct in California, could help restore kelp forests off the ...

Sea slugs, such as Elysia chlorotica, are small marine creatures that produce energy from sunlight - just like plants.

Like all nonnative reptile species, green iguanas aren't protected in Florida except by anti-cruelty law and can be humanely ...

After years of a shortened crab fishing season aimed at preventing whale entanglements off the West Coast, California ...

The habitat of one of the world’s cutest endangered animals is being threatened by human-caused climate change. The Caspian seal is the only marine mammal found in the 143,200-square-mile Caspian Sea.