Off the rocky coast of Cape Ann, Massachusetts, a group of divers descends into cold Atlantic water hoping to encounter one of the ocean’s most curious animals: gray seals. Unlike many marine animals, ...

Deep in the wild waters of Gabon, where jungle meets oil rigs and the Atlantic Ocean churns with predators, one fisherman is searching for a legendary monster — the giant barracuda. Known for their ...

Learn why blue whale calves are prime orca targets and how their massive mothers use slipstreams, allies, and shockwaves to keep them alive.

The chain catshark may look like any other shark in daylight, but under blue light, its skin glows neon green. Here’s a breakdown of this remarkable adaptation.

A disturbing discovery off an island in the country’s south has left locals baffled, with a series of photos revealing dozens of dead animals mysteriously floating in the sea.

A massive adult female Kemp’s ridley sea turtle washed ashore near Beach Pocket Park #3 in Galveston on March 7, triggering an urgent rescue effort along the Texas Gulf Coast. The turtle — the world’s ...

Many insects live in fresh water, or close to the sea in salt marsh and beach habitats. There are also several species of water striders in the genus Halobates, which live on the ocean’s surface, far ...

Susan Ellis spent decades telling the stories of St. Croix with curiosity, compassion, and a deep respect for the community she called home. After years at the St. Croix Avis, she joined the Virgin ...

Scientists recorded the first shark in Antarctic waters when a sleeper shark passed a deep-sea camera in near-freezing darkness.

As wildlife tourism grows, scientists are asking a bigger question: can we bring people closer to nature without reshaping the ecosystems they came to see?

A deep-sea creature most people will never encounter in their lifetime just showed up twice on the same stretch of beach in Mexico. Two oarfish — long, ribbon-like animals that normally inhabit ocean ...

Two deep-sea oarfish — nicknamed “doomsday fish” for their folkloric ties to earthquakes — washed up near the shoreline in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, stunning beachgoers and sparking online fascination, ...