Marine Life
Marine life includes an incredible and vibrant array of wild animals that live in the ocean. From tiny phytoplankton to massive blue whales, marine life is a vital source of food, energy and life for the entire planet.
The kindest thing you can say about a sea cucumber's physique is that it looks very much like a large hoagie bun dressed in a lumpy old sweater.
Sea lice aren't actually lice — they're jellyfish — but they're no fun when they get in your bathing suit.
You can't tell a book by its cover, and you can't tell a squid by its Nosferatu getup.
Sea spiders don't do anything by the book, and researchers have just gotten to the bottom of how they breathe.
Researchers have successfully used RNA to transfer a memory from one sea snail to another.
By incorporating algae into their bodies, these beautiful sea slugs become one of the few animals with the photosynthetic ability of a plant.
Snails can't pick and choose their shells like hermit crabs can. In fact, eviction means death. So how do those hard shells form over snails?
To boil or not to boil ... that is the question.
Jaws and Claws: Alligators Eat Small Sharks More Often Than We Thought
Crocodiles are known to eat just about anything. But sharks? A scientific team found evidence that they've chowed down on those predators too.
Don't think you have much in common with a jellyfish? What researchers just discovered may surprise you.
Researchers discover site of 15 gloomy octopus, a species that has previously been known for being reclusive.
The magnificent bryozoan is a colonial organism that lives in warm ponds and lakes usually east of the Mississippi River. So what's it doing in western Canada?
How giant squid process visual information has long been a mystery, but a new study finds their visual processing is surprisingly uncomplicated.
If you thought this underwater creeper looked heartless, you're actually not that far off.
In the first-ever video of its kind, two male cuttlefish in the wild go head-to-head over a coveted mate.
How squid brains process their external visual skin communication is fascinating, complex, and unlike anything in the vertebrate world.
It's not easy being a starfish larva. Fortunately, the tiny creatures have an efficient way to get food and swim away.
It sounds crazy, but it's happened before, and it'll probably happen again.
Bruce Lee has nothing on these boxer crabs.
All Mouth, No Anus: Microscopic Organism Could Be Oldest Human Ancestor
New fossil analysis details a microscopic organism from 540 million years ago that just might be a precursor to every vertebrate on the planet.
The mysterious red fish, discovered and identified in 2015 and related to the seahorse, has finally been spotted alive in waters off Australia's coastline.
Mining rare minerals from the breeding ground of these newly discovered creatures could endanger their habitat. But hey, then we get batteries.
Turns out that strange sound may be minke whales getting vocal in the deep ocean.
Scientists have discovered for the first time that animals pollinate flowers in the ocean.
When it comes to food, cuttlefish are pros at picking the more filling meal.
