Climate change is driving a global boom in desalination as regions turn to the sea for drinking water. Desalination plants, ...

The bumphead sunfish (Mola alexandrini) is one of the strangest and most impressive giants in the ocean. With a flattened, ...

A sense of fear and uncertainty has gripped the fishing community in Vasai after fishermen reported the formation of a large ...

Why penguin-eating pumas live closer together in Patagonia, the reason chimps can reason, ants sacrifice individuals for the ...

The rockhead poacher is a little fish with a big pit in its head. The divot may be like a drum, making sound that rises above ...

Academy researchers identified 72 species new to science in 2025, including the newly recognized Galápagos lava heron, a shy deep-sea fish, and a rare sunflower relative found in a U.S. national park.

Explore the landmark High Seas Treaty, also known as the UN Biodiversity Treaty. Understand its significance for ...

Scientists in New Zealand have discovered what may be the biggest example of the species ever recorded—at more than 13 feet ...

Roosterfish, cubera snapper, yellowfin tuna, blue marlin and more are stars of the "green season" off southern Costa Rica's ...

For most of human history, the wealth of nations has been written first in the soil, then in the sky, and now increasingly in the sea.

A popular idea suggests a link between big brains and a rich social life, but octopuses don't fit the pattern, which suggests ...

A towering, centuries old sea creature has been found rising from the seafloor off New Zealand, its branches forming a living ...