Hundreds of thousands of Velella velella, more commonly known as by-the-wind-sailors, are drifting onto the coastline.

Antarctic krill not only react to external environmental influences such as light or food. They also use their internal ...

A new review of ocean data suggests that more than 99.999 percent of the global deep seafloor has never been seen by humans.

These spiny or slimy ocean creatures display an astonishing diversity of appearances, behaviors and lifestyles—and many are ...

The never-before-seen footage of sea creatures struggling in fishing nets is featured in National Geographic’s new documentary Ocean with David Attenborough.

A peculiar spiny fossil, once thought to represent one of the earliest mollusks, has now been conclusively reclassified by ...

A peculiar spiny fossil, once thought to represent one of the earliest molluscs, has now been conclusively reclassified by scientists ...

Industrial fishing has caused immense damage to ocean life, but given the right protection, the sea has miraculous powers of ...

Scientists have confirmed that Dickinsonia, a 558-million-year-old fossil, is the world’s oldest known animal, pushing back ...

Imagine a creature so strange, so utterly unlike anything alive today, that even the world’s top scientists had no idea which ...

Two of the best halfbacks in the competition will collide when Penrith host the Sea Eagles on Saturday night. Panthers halfback Nathan Cleary helped his side snap a five-game losing streak last ...

Justine Calma is a senior science reporter covering energy and the environment with more than a decade of experience. She is also the host of Hell or High Water: When Disaster Hits Home, a podcast ...