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

From polygamous tree toads to heavy stick bugs, this year’s extensive new species discoveries are changing the way we see our ...

By Liz Kimbrough A transparent goby fish drifted through the darkness, its skeleton visible through paper-thin skin. Nearby, ...

The world still holds its secrets. Hidden under wet rocks, in the ocean’s twilight crevices, and in the minutiae of the ...

Deep-sea mining trials revealed significant but localized biodiversity loss in one of the planet’s least explored ecosystems.

Most closely related to dugongs, it was discovered in 1741 by biologist Georg Wilhelm Steller, after the expedition to North ...

As companies search underwater for resources, scientists are taking inventory of the ocean-dwelling creatures that could be ...

Their ability to walk on land grants the species greater mobility. Officials sound alarm as hairy sea creature spreads across ...

Thousands of marine species from microscopic zooplankton to the largest cetaceans rely on sound for survival and many have evolved unique oral and aural adaptations. Understanding them better could ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Just six pieces of rubber smaller than a pea can be fatal to seabirds, new research shows, revealing shockingly ...

In a small, rented lab in the port of Los Angeles in May, Keith Matassa was working through a backlog of bodies on ice. Using a surgical knife, he carefully removed a California sea lion fetus from a ...

A bumpy snailfish, Andean mouse opossum and ancient sea cow were just some of the many species described in 2025.