The M.V. Salem Express ferry was traveling from Saudi Arabia to Egypt in 1991, when it sank to the bottom of the Red Sea.

Scientists have long focused on quantifying fear and other negative emotions in animals. Now they’re trying to measure positive feelings — and it’s a challenge.

Learn how the harbor seal became Rhode Island’s state animal and what this whiskered swimmer says about the Ocean State.

New satellite tracking research shows that while MPAs help, they are far from enough for a highly mobile species heavily ...

I have always loved sharks. Not in a novelty way, but in a deep respect way. I grew up fascinated by how misunderstood they ...

Some animals produce their own light, no special effects involved. In certain cases, it helps them hunt or avoid predators.

The world may be obsessed with penguins for their tuxedo looks and unmistakable charm, but today’s celebration of Penguin ...

One of Earth’s earliest mass extinctions wiped out most ocean life during a sudden global ice age. From the ruins, jawed vertebrates survived, diversified, and transformed the course of evolution.

Whale watchers identified the pod as Bigg’s killer whales, a group that hunts sea mammals and lives in the Salish Sea.

New seasonal fish and bugs are available to catch this month, plus brand new sea creatures added in the summer update.

After eons underground, it was discovered by accident. Within a couple of decades, it was already under threat.

Of all the schemes that humans have devised to keep sea lions from gorging on the salmon of the Columbia River basin, none has worked for long. Local officials and researchers have chased sea lions ...