Scientists are revolutionizing how new marine species are described through the Ocean Species Discoveries initiative. Using advanced lab techniques, researchers recently unveiled 14 new species from ...

Branzino is a popular fish for restaurants to serve whole, but the seafood delicacy is sometimes known as European sea bass.

Thought to be extinct in the wild, the Spix Macaw currently exists in captivity with their numbers in the dismally low 60 to ...

The animal kingdom features a surprising array of swimmers. Even land-dwelling animals can thrive in aquatic environments when necessary.

Jim Wilson, a former national chairman of Birdwatch Ireland, says several new species have already established a foothold here, and he expects more to follow suit.

Just because a species is presumed extinct doesn’t mean it’s gone forever. Here are four glowing examples of this unique, and felicitous, phenomenon.

Scientists in Japan have discovered Physalia mikazuki, a previously unknown species of Portuguese man-of-war, in northern waters for the first time. DNA and anatomical analysis confirmed it as ...

The aquariums said its aerial survey team spotted three True’s beaked whales, a species “rarely seen at the surface,” while above the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument off the ...

The recently announced discoveries were made on a 2022 deep-sea expedition off Western Australia’s Gascoyne coast ...

Thirty previously unknown deep-sea species, including a carnivorous “death-ball” sponge, have been confirmed from one of the ...

Five species of sea turtles are found in Florida waters, but the loggerhead is by far the most common on Southwest Florida ...

Scientists found a “dwarf”-like sea creature on a coral reef in Papua New Guinea and discovered an “iridescent” new species, a study said. Screengrab from Allways Dive Expeditions’ YouTube video Off ...