When the Kīlauea Volcano erupted in May 2018, an enormous amount of ash was released into the atmosphere in a plume nearly ...

"Milky seas” are one of the rarest reported forms of bioluminescence. A new scientific database may finally reveal the ...

Seals, dolphins, and seabirds are becoming ill and dying in disturbing numbers on West Coast beaches. The culprit is an algae ...

Shrimp look an awful lot like bugs. The exoskeletons, jointed legs and compound eyes of both groups of living things give ...

Sea moss is rich in nutrients—but it can also contain dangerous levels of heavy metals and iodine. Here’s what to know before ...

The Prague Zoo has joined an international effort to ensure the survival of a rare insect that had been considered extinct ...

Strandings of these jellyfish-like animals, sometimes called "by-the-wind sailors," usually mean spring is coming ...

Have you seen the clear, gelatinous creatures all over Grand Strand beaches? Here’s what the blobs are and why they’re covering the shore around Myrtle Beach.

Krill is considered to be the largest animal biomass in the wild on Earth and is an important prey species for baleen whales ...

Algae with domoic acid is sometimes called red tide, and biologists think runoff from the wildfires and ocean sediment ...