New research led by Monterey Bay Aquarium reveals a surprising ripple effect in coastal ecosystems: the collapse of one ...

A new study suggests the platypus and echidna — the only egg-laying mammals — had a water-dwelling ancestor. The finding ...

We come across predatory starfish, Marthasterias, which Charles describes as "the most bizarre group of animals". Starfish, or sea stars, have hundreds of tube feet that all operate hydraulically ...

"Ophion is filled with stars that are set to rush out across the galaxy in a totally haphazard, uncoordinated way, which is far from what we’d expect for a family so big," said Dylan Huson of Western ...

Knife-toothed reptiles called sebecids went extinct on the mainland 10 million years ago. New fossil evidence puts them on an island 4 million years ago.

The Great Barrier Reef is full of surprises—even for the scientists who study it every day. Recently, some unlikely potential ...

While Tuesday's low tide will be the weakest of the 28-day tide cycle, Wednesday, April 30, at 1:28 p.m. will dip -3.38' ...

It turns out these balls of spikes are actually 5-sided echinoderms and thus related to starfish! We look at their beautiful ...

The largest sample of galaxy groups ever detected has been presented by a team of international astronomers using data from ...

It took nearly 100 years for a duo of endangered Philadelphia Zoo tortoises to become parents and the "Golden" moment is now ...

Puerto Princesa…where nature begins and never ends!” Reading this city’s tagline from the brochures, I conk myself on the head for not having taken the ...

Chief artistic officer of jewelry and high jewelry Nathalie Verdeille's latest high jewelry collection themed around marine ...