The 30-foot whale, believed to be a humpback, came onto shore at about 3 p.m. between the Newport and Balboa piers ...

Researchers filmed a sleeper shark for the first time in Antarctic waters near the South Shetland Islands, challenging scientific understanding of shark habitat. The 10-to-13-foot shark was discovered ...

From the octopus that walks on land to another that grows its own ‘lifejacket’, discover these unusual species ...

Sand dollar exoskeletons are often found washed up after the animal has died. But this live individual has put on a hypnotic ...

Some dolphins in Shark Bay use sea sponges as tools while hunting, revealing a rare example of learned behavior passed across ...

Standing at the rail of a large cruise ship at sunset, the scene can feel simple: metal, water, and sky. Yet the vessel is rarely alone. A cruise ship travels through the ocean as a moving structure ...

Sempra, the California utility, is promoting one of the major new terminals for liquefied natural gas on the shore of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

New research shows the effects of marine heat waves on sponges could be much more severe as temperatures rise. More intense ...

Marine animals, such as the extremely simple flatworm Trichoplax, are ideal model organisms for studying the early ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The fossil of the Cambrian Period marine arthropod Fuxianhuiid, with gut preserved, discovered in Hunan province in southern China ...

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Children's Aquarium Dallas said that several nurse sharks, a large green moray eel, many lesser-known fish, crustaceans, and other reef species now call Texas home. The animals come from the recently ...