Researchers caught a close-up video of a flying sea pig (aka, a sea cucumber), and it has what looks like 50 tiny hands.

Jordan Robins is an ocean photographer with a spectacular collection of sea life photos. Many of his images uniquely capture ...

A shimmery deep-sea creature measuring almost 5 feet mysteriously washed ashore on an Oregon beach. Now, researchers get a chance to learn more about the lancetfish. The big-eyed fish with sharp ...

As the flames of a massive wildfire in Ocean County spread Tuesday afternoon, volunteers stepped up to evacuate animals — including horses, fainting goats and dogs — while others stayed ...

On a wave-battered rock in the northern Pacific Ocean, a fish called the sculpin grips the surface firmly to maintain ...

A mama sea creature was seen swimming alongside her baby in Massachusetts and bystanders are calling it a “happy surprise.” On April 17, a North Atlantic right whale and her newborn baby were seen ...

In eastern India, at Government Diakkawn High School, researchers spotted a leucistic hoary-bellied Himalayan squirrel, a rare sight due to its almost complete loss of pigmentation. This unique ...

But these landforms, which circle the peaks of a mountain range that has vanished under the Indian Ocean, are far from ... 5 million to improve forecasts of sea-level rise and explore the ...

This article explores these elusive sea animals, detailing their characteristics ... they often blend seamlessly with the ocean floor. While generally passive creatures, surprise encounters can result ...

Sea Otter. Mike Baird from Morro Bay, USA, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Along the rugged coastlines of the North ...

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