A paper published in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, finds high quantities of toxic "forever" chemicals in sea otters ...

Long ago, some saltwater fish adapted to freshwater — and in doing so, developed an extraordinary sense of hearing rivaling ...

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A team of university students in Japan identified an entirely new species of the mighty Portuguese Man O’War. Described in a ...

Scientists in Japan discovered Physalia mikazuki, a new venomous jellyfish species carried north by warm currents.

The second expedition took researchers to the Southern Ocean’s Bellingshausen Sea, off West Antarctica. The team was the ...

Snapping shrimp are mostly solitary, with some species working together in colonies. Read here to learn about how their ...

Marine Mammals of Maine is a Brunswick-based nonprofit for marine mammal and sea turtle response, rescue, care, research and education. It also has a 24/7 hotline to report a stranded animal. Lynda ...

When you think of great swimmers, animals like dolphins, fish, or penguins probably come to mind. But the animal kingdom is ...

Ruthless orcas have been caught on camera killing young great white sharks by flipping them upside-down in the Gulf of ...