The coral is a standalone structure, unlike a reef which is built on a symbiotic relationship between corals and sea anemones ...

Boeier the sea turtle was found after becoming entangled in the net of a commercial fishing boat in the Netherlands about a ...

Two dead oarfish have washed ashore in Southern California waters in the last few months. One was spotted in August and the other just last week.

Deep-sea researchers have discovered a strange glowing sea slug off the coast of California that lives in the water column — ...

Researchers have discovered a remarkable new species of sea slug that lives in the deep sea. Nicknamed the 'mystery mollusc,' the nudibranch Bathydevius caudactylus swims through the ocean's midnight ...

A new glowing nudibranch species is the first known to swim through the ocean’s midnight zone and has unique adaptations for ...

MBARI researchers have discovered a remarkable new species of sea slug that lives in the deep sea. Bathydevius caudactylus ...

While swarm of jellies may look serene, you're best off keeping your distance. A sting from the most dangerous jellyfish on Earth can be deadly. Even when we're not looking at the most dangerous, many ...

Researchers Jeff Crooks and Stephany Garcia checked the minnow traps left at the murky mouth of the Tijuana River on a sunny ...

A year after an outbreak of H5N1 killed thousands of elephant seals, only about a third of the seals normally expected here ...

A subadult male elephant seal can be seen near sea lions in October 2024. Subadult elephant seals and sea lions frequently intermingle at rookeries along Península Valdés in Argentina. Close contact ...

On occasion, elephant seals breed among sea lions. Here, an adult male elephant seal and a female with her black-coated pup in the background, are surrounded by sea lions in October 2024. Dynamics of ...