Ancient sea creatures may have used magnetic particles to navigate. 3D scans reveal how these magnetofossils sensed Earth’s ...

Scientists have found proof that a parasite still troubling oysters today was already up to its old tricks nearly half a ...

An unusual fossil brain suggests that the ancestors of spiders and other arachnids may have once scuttled around the sea, rather than on land as was long thought, a new study finds. "It is still ...

What's the rarest ocean animal? Discover the rare and endangered ocean animals along with those that are rare because they're ...

A surprising new study has revealed that a parasite still troubling modern oysters first began infecting shell-dwelling sea creatures hundreds of ...

The ocean covers more than 70 percent of Earth’s surface, yet we’ve explored less of it than we have the surface of the moon.

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The historian Procopius described how a creature called Porphyrios terrified sixth-century sailors for 50 years. But what was it?

"I feel privileged. This is a highlight for me," said Marc Breau, the Banff resident who first spotted the bird in the park, ...

Researchers from Kumamoto University and collaborating institutions have discovered a new species of deep-sea sea anemone ...