Why do animals in the deep ocean look so terrifying compared to their shallow-water cousins? From fang-toothed predators and ...

This is the miserable existence endured by many of the sea creatures kept in captivity. Some of the most disturbing cases of ...

Jellyfish, ancient and diverse, exhibit remarkable adaptations, from bioluminescence to immortality. These gelatinous ...

The ocean covers more than 70% of the Earth’s surface, yet more than 80% remains unexplored. Here we virtually plunge into ...

As it turns out, a very surprising state is one of the world's prehistoric places with ancient sea monsters. In the U.S. state of Mississippi, a geologist discovered a vertebra from one of the most ...

In southeastern Brazil, researchers discovered a new species named Rineloricaria buckupi, or Buckup’s whiptail catfish, in the rivers near Rio de Janeiro. This “armored” catfish, covered in body ...

We often consider empathy a uniquely human trait, a complex capacity for understanding and sharing the feelings of others.

The aquarium is home to whale sharks, the largest fish in the world, manta rays, beluga whales, sea otters and African ...

As world leaders gear up for the Third UN Ocean Conference in Nice, one policy expert is making waves with an ancient marine ...

A frightening scene deep in the ocean showed how brutal aquatic life can be when it comes to survival of the fittest. The Maori Octopus is one of the kings of the sea, with his lon ...

Israel’s contemporary art scene is as vibrant and multifaceted as the country itself. It doesn’t just reflect society; it ...

A lmost forty years after Stone first coined the notion of nature’s rights, a Maori legal scholar called Jacinta Ruru read ...