Armed with lab equipment and two months of food and clothes, around 60 researchers boarded the RSV Nuyina icebreaker ship for its first scientific voyage in March. They are taking part in the Denman ...

In the rocky terrain of the Arabian peninsula, researchers have discovered the black desert cobra, Walterinnesia aegyptia, in Oman for the first time. This venomous snake, previously thought to be ...

The Hydrolagus trolli, the pointy-nosed blue chimaera, or “ghost shark,” is unlike any other on earth. Sightings are rare, ...

And our attention will be full captivated starting May 22 when "Living Seas" opens at the Birch Aquarium in La Jolla. Get top ...

Brilliantly” colored fish caught in streams in Alabama have been identified as two new species — but they’re at the “highest risk of extinction,” researchers said. The new fish, the Gurley darter and ...

An accidental discovery by a Taiwanese fisherman revealed the presence of a dugong, an incredibly rare marine mammal, in ...