New research shows rising ocean temperatures may cause corals to lose oxygen and die before bleaching becomes visible during heatwaves.

Crabs are one of evolution’s strangest success stories because unrelated animals have independently evolved crab-like bodies multiple times over hundreds of millions of years . Scientists call this ...

At 6:45 a.m. on March 1, 1954, the U.S. detonated a thermonuclear weapon at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, a chain of ...

Across the United States and around the world, extreme heat events are becoming more frequent, more intense and longer ...

Videos show birds, turtles and crabs trapped inside mounds of tar around Shidvar island, a protected wildlife sanctuary with ...

Publisher Kasedo Games and Norwegian Development Studio Megapop announced a partnership with Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC) to make a special supporter pack available for the underwater reef ...

These rounded homes in mud, stacked on fence posts, tree limbs or rooftops throughout South America, resemble little outdoor ...

Some ocean animals are so weird that even marine biologists stop and gawk when they pop up on camera. One resembles a ...

From documenting Antarctica’s arid tundra landscapes to helping save vibrant underwater ecosystems in the coral sea, Dean ...

Corals are in fact three things in one: something of an animal, something of a plant, and something of a stone. They make ...

On small islands across eastern Indonesia, coastal communities are reviving customary rules, seasonal fishing closures, ...

Beneath the beauty of coral reefs lies a hidden universe of microbes unlike anything scientists expected. Each coral species supports its own specialized microbial partners, many of which have never ...