Scientists have discovered the fossilized remains of a new fish species called Ferruaspis brocksi, which lived 15 million ...

A riotous photography collection from a recent underwater mission off the coast of Chile shows new and fascinating deep-sea ...

The endangered desert pupfish will be released into Lake Ayer on Wednesday by Arizona Game and Fish. The species has spent ...

For decades, the coelacanthexisted only in fossil records—until one turned up in a South African fishing net. It was 1938 ...

For decades, scientists were baffled by why thorny skates in the North Atlantic came in two distinct sizes. Despite extensive ...

I just got back from a short trip to Mexico. I was in Tulum, where a famous set of Mayan ruins are located.  I didn’t have time to see the surface ruins, but I did explore some of the caverns where ...

Every year, the aquatic animals die off when the swamp dries up, leaving their eggs behind to hatch when the rains return.

Goldfish possess genetic traits that allow them to swell up to four pounds—the size of a Chihuahua. Experts say that's why ...

Setting up a home aquarium can be a rewarding experience, but one of the first and most crucial decisions you'll need to make ...

Naturalists were exploring these subterranean lakes in the Al-Hoota cave in 1980 when they discovered a white, eyeless fish. It was a species new to science, but when other scientists later compared ...

For 162 million years, sturgeons have fended off everything they’ve faced. Now scientists are racing to save these living ...

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