The animal kingdom contains a vast array of animals capability of remarkable regenerative abilities, but known are quite as ...

Even the tiniest discoveries can have outsized significance, a worm in a salty lake hints at life yet to be found.

Jan 28 (Reuters) - Scientists have unearthed in southern China fossils of a multitude of marine creatures dating to more than ...

A treasure trove of Cambrian fossils has been discovered in southern China, providing a window on marine life shortly after ...

Scientists have launched a fresh effort to find out what could be producing oxygen at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.

About 700 million years ago, Earth was entombed in a veneer of ice hundreds of feet thick—a frozen state scientists refer to as “Snowball Earth.” Oceans cooled but managed to retain some heat to avoid ...

Oceana scientist Caitlynn Birch explains how environmental DNA, or eDNA, helps us understand and protect the oceans ...

Accounts from early expeditions to the Seychelles more than 250 years ago described crocodiles as common along the coasts of ...

Researchers have known for centuries that some fish make sounds. Now, using special underwater acoustics, researchers have ...

The Upsweep is an unidentified sound detected by the NOAA, first recorded in August 1991. Almost siren-like, the Upsweep is ...

Researchers believe they may have worked out why giant trevally swim upstream in the Mtentu Estuary and circle in vast ...