Bizarre worm that looks "like the rump of a pig from one side and Mick Jagger's lips from the other" may be in the middle of an evolutionary leap, scientists say.

Cichlid fishes exhibit differing degrees of curiosity. The cause for this lies in their genes, as reported by researchers from the University of Basel in the journal Science. This trait influences the cichlids' ability to adapt to new habitats.

Greening the way we eat needn't mean going vegetarian. A healthy, more realistic solution is to adopt a flexitarian diet where seafoods add umami to "boring" vegetables. University of Copenhagen gastrophysicist Ole G. Mouritsen puts mathematical equations to work in calculating the umami potential of everything from seaweed and shrimp paste to mussels and mackerel.

Many animals can glow in the dark. Fireflies famously blink on summer evenings. But most animals that light up are found in the depths of the ocean.

“Forever chemicals” enter the air as sea spray aerosols, polluting coastlines and beyond.

April 29, 2024: Dali Salvage Kicks Into Gear The new 35-foot-deep limited access channel was closed as planned on Monday as crews shift focus to the salvage of th

In the trial starting Monday, the U.S. Department of Justice will question whether they were exposed to jet fuel and, if so, whether it was enough to account for their illnesses.

The value of the industry rose in 2021 and 2022, but employment is declining and recent price collapses are worrisome, the report says.

Alabama and the U.S. Gulf Coast region have seen a sudden burst of sea level rise, spurring flooding in low areas exacerbated by rainfall and high tides.

A Netherlands zoo has planted self-bred corals that could one day repopulate heat stressed reefs.

Experts have warned that the detrimental impact of climate change in the Bangladeshi city of Rajshahi poses threat to the indigenous fish species, particularly the small ones as most of the water bodies in the region, especially in the high Barind tract, are now dying continuously, Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, a Bangladeshi news agency, reported. Fisheries …

The case of a Florida bottlenose dolphin found with highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, or HPAIV—a discovery made by University of Florida researchers in collaboration with multiple other agencies and one of the first reports of a constantly growing list of mammals affected by this virus—has been published in Communications Biology.

Once known only to those studying biology, the word symbiosis is now widely used. Symbiosis is the intimate relationship of different species living together. It's much more common and older than many of us might realize.

This web-based book celebrates the power of art and science to tell the story of kelp forests on the North Pacific Coast.

Heavy rainfall in Guangdong Province in recent days has triggered multiple landslides around Jiangwan in China.

"Exceptionally preserved" fossils of an ancient shark that lived alongside the dinosaurs has finally revealed what the predator looked like — and why it may have gone extinct.

Amid Earth’s fourth global coral bleaching event, a leading expert says tackling climate change is the key to fighting back.

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Peter Smith's wife has thanked friends who fought the shark during the attack on Tobago's coast.

Exclusive: New documents reveal government division over controversial program as data reveals death toll

The team used specialized tools to remove the line and buoys, a series of cuts made “patiently and deliberately” to keep them at a safe distance.