Underwater metal detecting often looks calm, controlled, and safe. But hidden among rocks and shells are some of the most venomous creatures on the planet, including the blue-ringed octopus. In one ...

"Oysters are climate heroes," he told RTE. "Each one filters 190 to 200 litres of seawater daily, removing nitrates and ...

Far below the ocean’s surface, where sunlight disappears and pressure reaches crushing levels, some of the planet’s strangest ...

A global catalog shows how creatures across the tree of life balance rigidity with flexibility in remarkably consistent ways ...

Unlike their shelled relatives, which can tuck in and hide from predators and environmental factors, sea slugs are just out ...

With copper-blue blood prized by modern medicine and a body plan older than dinosaurs, the horseshoe crab reveals how ancient ...

In the aftermath of the giant asteroid that crashed into the Yucatan Peninsula about 66 million years ago, approximately 75% ...

On an island renowned for its lobster, The Lobster Trap is an oceanfront eatery that serves the dish so well, in-the-know ...

Some of nature’s most mesmerizing works of art might just be hanging in your backyard. The artist is an orb weaver spider.

Single-celled algae in the ocean known as coccolithophores play an important role in the marine carbon cycle when they take ...

Fossils from Denmark suggest ammonites survived the asteroid extinction far longer than believed, raising new questions about ...

Snails and slugs are common pests in gardens. They belong to the mollusk family along with oysters, and they crawl along over ...