Far below the ocean’s surface, where sunlight disappears and pressure reaches crushing levels, some of the planet’s strangest ...

To get to the bottom of it, they looked at the fish’s anatomy and physiology and discovered something curious in their gills.

With the 2025 release of the Migratory Connectivity in the Ocean (MiCO) interactive map, scientists, conservationists, and ...

When most of us picture the ocean, we imagine turquoise waves, colorful reefs, and shoals of darting fish. But that’s only the surface. Venture deeper, far below the last reach of sunlight, and you ...

Killing the protected animals may be the only way to stop them from eating too many of the Pacific Northwest’s endangered ...

SAN DIEGO — A massive, rarely seen sea creature was discovered in La Jolla Cove last weekend. Kayakers and snorkelers in the water at La Jolla Cove found a dead oarfish, measuring nearly 12 feet in ...

Researchers at the California Academy of Sciences kept busy throughout 2025. Along with collaborators from across the globe, ...

Sea robins are weird animals who use leg-like appendages to walk on the seafloor. Now, scientists know why they evolved those limbs. Reading time 3 minutes Forget crab legs. When it comes to taste, ...

A transparent goby fish drifted through the darkness, its skeleton visible through paper-thin skin. Nearby, a sea slug wore ...

For the past several years, large animals such as whales, dolphins, seals, sea turtles, Atlantic sturgeon, sharks and tuna have been feeding closer to shore. Warming water has brought robust bait ...