The clownfish-anemone living arrangement is one of the most widely recognized examples of symbiosis. Researchers have made a breakthrough in understanding how anemonefish can live safely among sea ...

Unique creatures, odd animals and new species are discovered across the planet. Some are found lurking in remote corners of ...

Researchers in China have named a newly discovered fish species after the Studio Ghibli character San from "Princess Mononoke ...

Scientists have captured an extremely rare fish on camera for the first time in broad daylight, Oceanographic Magazine ...

Heavy metals naturally occur in the Earth's crust, but human activities can increase their concentration in the environment, ...

Among the new critters are teeny octopuses, fish, clams, yeti crabs, alien-like worms, squat lobsters, mussels, starfish, ...

Mariia Zelenina, 22, knew she was on the day’s schedule when she started her shift as a “mermaid” at an aquarium in China’s ...

Chromosomal inversions are an important class of genetic variation that link multiple alleles together into a single inherited block that can have important effects on fitness. To study the role of ...

In conclusion, more species-specific studies on the thermal tolerance of benthic algae are needed in order to better ... We thank the staff of The Nature Conservancy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, ...

The deadly Sydney funnel-web is three distinct species – not one, as previously thought, scientists have confirmed. Spider experts have long suspected the Sydney funnel-web was more than one species ...

Climate change, invasive species and habitat loss are all threats. A critically endangered freshwater fish that lives in a complex of springs connected to the Great Artesian Basin in South ...