While operating the deep-sea robot nearly 7,000 feet below the surface, the machine’s camera captured a creature that appeared to be “all legs” walking across the seafloor, according to a March 18 ...

Pismo clams, once abundant along the California coast, are being grown and studied in a middle school classroom.

The Arctic Ocean is more than just icy waters, it harbors vibrant ecosystems — but it also harbors valuable oil, gas, and ...

What is similar between Asian green mussels, iguanas and lionfish? They are all invasive species in Florida you can eat. Here ...

While unfortunate for the males, becoming a post-sex meal offers the females vital nutrients needed to sustain themselves and ...

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans found an adult zebra mussel on a dock in the St. John River near Mactaquac last ...

An invasive species that originates from Europe has now found a new home at the Jersey Shore. Student and faculty researchers ...

Snails are marvelous but unassuming little creatures. As shelled members of the taxonomic class Gastropods within the phylum ...

That’s a fourfold increase since the late 1970s. In November 2018, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species changed the mountain gorilla’s official status from Critically Endangered, in light of the ...

The bones belonged to a new species of titanosaur, a long-necked and herbivorous dinosaur considered a “gentle giant,” ...

See new species Want to read more ... “In addition to Chadititan, the fossils we identified of mollusks, fish and turtles enriches our understanding of this ancient ecosystem and expands ...

rodents and habitat loss threatened the snails on Deserta Grande Island, so the mollusks were reintroduced on a neighboring island that’s free of invasive species ...