From their odd appendages to their unsavory hygiene, certain animals suffer an image problem. But their awkward attributes can be their biggest advantages. Found across every continent except ...

For more than 60 million years, penguins of all kinds—including the opportunistic Magellanic penguin—have been driven by an evolutionary urge to reach beyond their boundaries. Today, many are ...

Against the blackness of water at night, the pomfret looked like it had blown a big bubble from gum. Instead, the fish had the larva of an anemone sticking out of its mouth. Researchers say this ...

The Red Sea was thought to host ecosystems resilient to warming waters, but a 2023 heatwave proves otherwise. A juvenile Red Sea anemonefish, also called a clownfish, looks out from between the ...

Taking a blobfish out of water is like “heating something that’s glued together and the glue starts to melt.” The blobfish went viral with this photo, but underwater they look like a completely ...

Coral bleaching isn’t just an ocean crisis. Here’s how the global event endangers food security, local jobs—and the land itself. Sea water divides the sunset and a ghost land of corals in New Ireland, ...

The sea mammals may actually be able to sense the amount of oxygen in their blood—something we humans can't do. A new study suggests gray seals (Halichoerus grypus) can sense the level of oxygen in ...

Current strategies prioritise three species of cultural and ecological importance: the djabbo (northern quoll), djebuyh ...

Highlighting the best wildlife photography across land and sea, see some of the winning photos from this year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest. South African photographer Wim van den Heever ...

Tourists swim in a cenote, or flooded cave, outside Playa del Carmen, Mexico. The Yucatan Peninsula is dotted with thousands of these interconnected limestone caves, which are fed by a ...

Need a conversation starter? These fun, niche facts (from Cleopatra's timeline to chainsaws' surprising origin) will make you ...

Often, while watching our favorite shows or movies or even playing an immersive video game, we get completely mesmerized by ...