Seeing these dead beasts suspended by their tails elicited a "gallows-like" feeling, he recounts, but not fear. Sharks were ...

The habitat of 30 species of sharks, rays, and chimaeras, also called ghost sharks, overlap with areas where proposed ...

The coral Iridogorgia chewbacca, found in the tropical Pacific, has long branches, and its DNA confirms that it is a new ...

Scientists uncovered two new prehistoric shark species, Troglocladodus trimblei and Glikmanius careforum, in Kentucky's ...

Those difficulties were motivation for Vásquez and fellow marine researcher Justin Cordova to start the nonprofit Rogue Shark Lab. Vásquez said the group has the twin goals of raising money to support ...

Down here, the only flashes of light come from animals’ bioluminescent bodies. Deep sea anglerfish, whose huge mouths hold ...

I speak to two leading lights in the fight to protect whale sharks: academic Dr. Brad Norman and whale shark dive operator Adam Moir.

Read how the uniquely startling telescopefish hunt, thrive, and remain one of the ocean’s most mysterious residents.

In Mexico’s Gulf of California, fewer than 20 vaquitas remain — a living ghost on the edge of extinction. Marine biologist ...

At a time when most people imagined ocean science as something happening in distant tropics, the scientists and artists on board the Arcturus knew that great mysteries also lay closer to home. The ...

In the pitch-black corridors of Mammoth Cave National Park, deep beneath Kentucky’s rolling hills, scientists have uncovered ...