Over time, Crocodylus porosus achieved one of the widest ranges among reptiles. Before extinction in Seychelles, the species ...

The Atlantic giant cockle is one of the largest mollusks in the ocean. Read here to learn about them and their large tongue.

The large and ungainly moose is surprisingly good at swimming and diving. We explore why they would do this and what makes ...

Photographers capture mutant crayfish, cleaning fish, and synchronized whales in this year's top underwater contests.

Coral reefs may look similar at first glance, but their shapes, locations and structures reveal how they form – and how vulnerable they are.

The colossal squid is the largest squid in terms of mass, weighing in at 495kg. The squid’s tentacles are only released when ...

Giant mosasaurs, once thought to be strictly ocean-dwelling predators, may have spent their final chapter prowling freshwater rivers alongside dinosaurs and crocodiles. A massive tooth found in North ...

The study inventoried thousands of mollusks, worms, crustaceans and other small marine creatures. Natural History Museum, London and University of Gothenburg As demand soars for critical minerals for ...

Looking out of the Fendouzhe submersible, more than nine kilometres below the ocean surface, Mengran Du knew she was seeing something totally new to science. The vessel’s lights illuminated a thriving ...

It used to be thought that sea urchins only had a primitive nervous system, but new research has found that they are far more complex than that. The entire body of a sea urchin is what researchers are ...

A new study says an amount of plastic “smaller than you might think” in the guts of seabirds and aquatic animals can be fatal, the first time that researchers say they’ve quantified how much can be ...