When the H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus was discovered on a poultry farm in Asia in 1996, there was little indication that it would become so widespread and so destructive. Within 30 ...

Fossils found in Niger belong to a newly identified Spinosaurus species that had a dramatic skull crest and likely hunted fish by wading, researchers reported.

An area of the Indian River Lagoon in Florida may be providing suitable habitat for juvenile smalltooth sawfish, suggesting ...

Iskra’s glitter worm and the Elven abyss tunicate among top species recognized by the World Register of Marine Species Scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography described two of ...

Reaching over 30 feet long, the mysterious giant oarfish is the real-life "sea serpent" behind centuries of myths and legends ...

Over the long and complicated course of evolutionary history, mammals independently turned towards water to make a home multiple times. While many of the warm-blooded animals that abandoned dry land ...

Cyclone Narelle is expected to intensify into a category five cyclone — find out what that means.

The Indo-Pacific is the largest marine biogeographical region on Earth and a global center of marine biodiversity. Nevertheless, there are gaps remaining in our understanding of the diversity, ...