A California animal shelter been treating a kitten, named Zoe, who was found appearing inflated like a balloon. ABC News' Danny New has the story.

Neuroscientists have uncovered new insights into a key evolutionary question: Why can humans talk when most animals can't?

After H5N1 bird flu was detected in elephant seals gathered at Ano Nuevo State Park, other marine mammals have also succumbed, including a sea otter and sea lion. So far, only animals in San Mateo ...

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 ...

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

Spring breakers heading to Texas beaches may spot rare “blue dragons,” tiny ocean slugs with beautiful colors. But their ...

An official cause of death has been revealed for a 19-year-old Canadian woman whose body was found on a beach in Australia surrounded by wild dogs, according to reports.

Advanced 3D reconstructions of the comb jelly’s aboral organ reveal a sensory system far more complex than scientists expected. The organ contains a wide variety of specialized cells and is closely ...

Baby orangutans stay with their mothers for about eight years. For a mother and daughter pair at Utah’s Hogle Zoo, they came together out of necessity. Baby Weila and her foster mom Acara are a ...

Some deep-sea fish may be able to see light in a different way from most other vertebrates, according to a new study. The fish, found in the Red Sea, have what the scientists behind the new study ...

New research shows why some shelly critters flourished in the ocean’s harshest habitats — and others didn’t Jack Tamisiea Beds of Bathymodiolus mussels provide important habitat for other deep-sea ...