State wildlife agencies have a big job. While the federal government protects animals listed under the Endangered Species Act ...

The University of Göttingen’s research has mapped the genetic activity of the branching marine worm Ramisyllis kingghidorahi.

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According to Discover Magazine, the fossil remains were found after a marine sand extraction project in the Madura Strait, ...

Scientists have uncovered the genetic underpinnings of one of the ocean's most bizarre animals: a branching marine worm named ...

Scientists have uncovered the genetic underpinnings of one of the ocean's most bizzare animals: a branching marine worm named Ramisyllis kingghidorahi ...

Hawaii conservation groups are voicing their opposition to plans by the U.S. Space Force to conduct cargo rocket testing at Johnston Atoll, a national wildlife refuge in the Pacific. The atoll, known ...

When under threat by, say, a crab, some sea cucumber species shoot out their guts—their intestines and respiratory tracts, ...

A new species of flapjack octopus, with massive eyes and blood-red tentacles, has been discovered from a deep-sea canyon off ...

Researchers have found evidence of animals sailing across the oceans on accidental rafts of vegetation, fallen trees, and ...

Geologists working on surveying land in Mississippi stumbled upon an incredible find: the fossil of an ancient marine apex predator considered a "sea dragon" of the time.