Animals are finding paths blocked by roads, homes, oil wells. Butterflies are fading from forests. Giant fish are running into dams, as ancient routes are disrupted.

The hummingbird may appear fragile and ephemeral — but is an example of how some bird species live longer than mammals of similar or larger size. One theory is that the skies are less populated with ...

The Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research has been caring for the turtle since it was found stranded on the island's west end in July.

The ocean’s tiniest powerhouse may burn out in a hotter world, threatening life far beyond the microbes themselves.

Snailfish belong to the Liparidae family, and are often described for their large heads, jelly-like bodies, bumpy and loose ...

Moving ice on early Earth exposed deep rocks, freed key elements, and nudged our planet toward conditions where complex life ...

Sometime before 520 million years ago, animal life began to flourish as never before. The small shells, worms and even sponge ...

Scientists documented the first formal case of spinal deformation in a whale shark (Rhincodon typus), observed at the Gulf of Mexico’s Ewing Bank.

A heartbreaking report from South Africa, featuring tough-to-look-at photos, has revealed the devastating impact of fishing ...

This rising din threatens to drown out the ocean’s own voices—songs so well-structured that a leopard seal’s ( Hydrurga ...

News of the approaching demise of Ghost, a giant Pacific octopus at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, prompted an ...

A new species living at extreme ocean depths in Monterey Bay Canyon was discovered by researchers with Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI). Photographs ...