“A rare Mola mola (ocean sunfish) washed up on our shore at Cardiff State Beach today,” San Diego State Lifeguards stated Wednesday via Instagram. “It’s the heaviest bony fish on earth and can weigh ...

Scientists already knew that the pair of shallow coastal ocean dwellers keep very different schedules of downtime: The ...

A list of animated cartoon series that kids who are obsessed with animals can watch to learn about ecosystems, animals and ...

Adenovirus is the new, highly contagious mystery illness sweeping the nation: 12 symptoms to look out for Wayne Lineker says ...

Whale ancestors were terrestrial mammals that walked on four legs. This bone structure that helped them walk eventually ...

New Scientist writers and contributors have chosen their top science-y books, films, TV shows, music, video games and board ...

A recent video shows a massive bluntnose sixgill shark emerging from the deep sea. This ancient species, predating dinosaurs, ...

Its closest rival in terms of size, the Nomura’s jellyfish (Nemopilema nomurai), is heavier per individual due to a larger ...

When Ted Judah goes scuba diving off the coast in Monterey Bay, he normally swims at the surface to the area above the dive site and then descends. But on the morning of Dec. 30, the water was ...

Photis Gaitanos’ rough fingers adroitly untangle the venomous spikes of a lionfish from a net, throwing the exotic-looking creature into an ice-filled rubber bin along with other fis ...

The East Mediterranean has also seen another invasive Red Sea fish in the last decade: the silver-cheeked toadfish. Known as ...

In the age of dinosaurs—before whales, great whites or the bus-sized megalodon—a monstrous shark prowled the waters off ...