His system of nomenclature and classification is fundamental to the study of not just evolution but of taxonomy and ...

Like the icy ocean depths it inhabits, the Greenland shark is ancient, vast, and hella mysterious. Thanks to a new study from ...

The planet is filled with animals that live far longer than most people realize. While well-known species like tortoises ...

Since marine mammals were federally protected, the only course of action for federal and state officials was to find a ...

Watch sea urchins being harvested in New Zealand and learn why this is also a form of pest control to save kelp.

Researchers sequenced the knotty sea spider’s genome for the first time, revealing a missing gene that many other animals ...

More than 30 years ago, researcher Boris Sket found the carcasses of tailless whip scorpions on the limestone of a monastery on Cyprus near a natural spring, but didn’t collect any live animals and ...

Unlike spiders and scorpions, sea spiders didn’t go through ancient genome duplications, making them a rare window into how ...

Scientists have decoded the sea spider’s genome for the first time, revealing how its strangely shaped body—with organs in ...

Greenland sharks live for centuries with slow heartbeats and metabolism. Scientists study their longevity secrets.

An ichthyosaur preserved beneath a Chilean glacier is helping scientists understand the extinct animals and the world around ...

Scientists just sequenced the first sea spider genome, uncovering genetic clues to limb growth, regeneration, and ancient ...