Walking sharks are small reef-dwelling sharks that use their fins to “walk” along the seafloor. Learn more about this fascinating movement.

We tend to think of animals as short-lived, especially when we compare their lifespans to human lifespans. But some species ...

Scientists from the Schmidt Ocean Institute have uncovered an array of remarkable finds off the coast of Argentina, including ...

Scientists have documented elephants breaking chains to flee inland and hibernating snakes emerging in winter before major earthquakes, yet most of us dismiss our pets' strange behavior as mere quirks ...

Watching an octopus punch an annoying fish is hugely satisfying to frustrated humans. And other animals do the ...

It’s not seaweed. They’ve been called the “lungs of the sea.” And while certain marine microbes could also compete for that ...

Coral reefs may look similar at first glance, but their shapes, locations and structures reveal how they form – and how ...

On Wednesday, SeaWorld staff, volunteers and FWC officers delivered Stipes and her calf, a male that SeaWorld biologists named Argyle, to a boat ramp at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park in Key ...

Mystic Aquarium is partnering with research labs in Colombia to advance global conservation and restoration efforts.

A joint study by Tel Aviv University and the University of Haifa set out to solve a scientific mystery: how a soft coral is able to perform the rhythmic, pulsating movements of its tentacles without a ...

The research team revealed that the coral generates rhythmic opening and closing movements of the tentacles surrounding its mouth through a distributed neural pacemaker system. In other words, the ...

Hi friends! Reef the fox here with your weekly “Reef’s Report.” I regret to inform you that my mother recently committed an act of emotional treason. She called it a “field trip.” I call it what it ...