After H5N1 bird flu was detected in elephant seals gathered at Año Nuevo State Park, other marine mammals have also succumbed, including a sea otter and sea lion. So far, only animals in San Mateo ...

With growing interest in mining critical metals from the seafloor, countries are now negotiating international rules. The ...

This octopus can brood its eggs for nearly four years without eating. Here’s how this biological extreme has reshaped how ...

Researchers suggest that predation by a subspecies called Bigg's orcas might explain why members of another one, called resident orcas, stay in such large family groups ...

Scientists recorded the first shark in Antarctic waters when a sleeper shark passed a deep-sea camera in near-freezing darkness.

Maralyn and Maurice initially set off with an attitude of wonder and reverence for nature — Maurice especially deplored the damage that humans unleash on the natural world — and yet they end up having ...

"We are starting to see some carcasses on public beaches." ...

At the end of February, Mary Alice and I took our friends Nancy and Patrick Beebe down to the PA Game Commission’s Middle Creek Wildlife Area to see the snow geese that had stopped to rest and eat ...

They’re back: massive fleets of tiny, electric-blue, jellyfish-like creatures called Velella velella are once again blanketing Oregon beaches. They are not true jellyfish, but floating hydrozoans — ...

March is a blissful month, a month when gray whale watching can begin in earnest. The eastern North Pacific gray whale ...

Reef fish in different oceans often develop similar color patterns because evolution explores the same set of biological ...

Discover the best family experiences in Seattle, from the Space Needle and Pike Place Market to museums, beaches, wildlife encounters, and waterfront adventures perfect for all ...