The Harte Research Institute warned Texas beachgoers to give blue dragon sea slugs plenty of space, because, while the creatures are striking, they can deliver a painful sting ...

At least 30 blue whales have been spotted in the waters of Loreto Bay National Park this season ...

The Earth brims with extraordinary creatures, but none captivate the imagination quite like its largest animals. Dominating the oceans, the blue whale reigns supreme as the biggest creature ever to ...

Researchers have documented “an entire community” of animals travelling with whale sharks – the world’s biggest fish.

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A tourist reaching out to a curious cetacean. A joyous marriage celebration in Iraq. A cowboy hugging his daughter as he arrives home. Check out some of the pictures featured in our Photo of the Day.

Sleeper sharks live extraordinarily long lives and can thrive in near-freezing ocean temperatures near Earth's poles. Scientists with the Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Centre captured footage of a ...

Beachgoers and soldiers gather around the carcass of a sperm whale that washed ashore on Zikim Beach near the Israel-Gaza border in southern Israel Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026.

A sleeper shark gliding through near-freezing depths off Antarctica marks the first confirmed sighting of its kind in the region.