Scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography have uncovered new insights into the bioluminescence of a ...

Discover 25 bizarre deep sea adaptations you won't believe! Explore creatures with transparent heads, bioluminescent lures, ...

The biology of the Great White which allows for faster swimming, long-distance migration, and more effective hunting may ...

Some shark species might belong to their own distinct lineage, which is separate from all other sharks, rays and skates, according to a new study ...

40 species received new or enhanced protections from the Convention on Migratory Species. 132 countries and the European Union agreed to the new protections during a meeting last week in Brazil.

The U.N. Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) on Sunday approved the listing of 40 new species for international protection, including the snowy owl featured in ...

A new study published in the journal Environmental Pollution said researchers have found traces of pharmaceuticals and illicit drugs in several shark species swimming in waters around the Bahamas.

The shark washed ashore in Juno Beach with its dorsal fin and tail sawed off. Great hammerhead sharks are a critically endangered species and are prohibited from harvest in Florida state waters.

In a 1981 magazine essay, the evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould let readers in one of his field’s counter-intuitive truths. Aquatic animals, including lungfish and coelacanths, are more closely ...

Shark sightings near Myrtle Beach have drawn attention as warmer water brings more species close to shore. South Carolina averages about four shark bites a year, and a state marine biologist says most ...

Sleeper sharks live extraordinarily long lives and can thrive in near-freezing ocean temperatures near Earth's poles. Scientists with the Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Centre captured footage of a ...

Tillamook was atwitter this week over reports that a tagged great white shark was swimming near the Barview Jetty. A screenshot shared by Michael Domeier, president of the Marine Conservation Science ...