Jersey Zoo has a new head of amphibians and invertebrates. Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust (DWCT) has promoted Ciaran Westgate from deputy to curator of herpetology and invertebrates.

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The Namib desert’s sand can be burningly hot but its air, blowing in off the Atlantic Ocean, is cool. Running generates a ...

According to new research recently published in the journal Nature Communications, the Greenland shark retained its visual ...

With increased DNA damage from UV radiation or other reasons, the researchers also observed the jellyfish and sea anemones ...

The cosmetics industry is constantly searching for new active ingredients–and this time, a sea creature that is anything but ...

A transparent goby fish drifted through the darkness, its skeleton visible through paper-thin skin. Nearby, a sea slug wore ...

Find out which animals live the longest and what clues this gives us for potentially slowing down human aging.

Long before whales and sharks, enormous marine reptiles dominated the oceans with unmatched power. Scientists have reconstructed a 130-million-year-old marine ecosystem from Colombia and found ...

In an effort to strengthen the participation of local communities in conserving nature, the Department of Environment (DOE) ...

Nature's wonders continue to astound, featuring creatures like the small, barking Muntjac deer and the uniquely smelly ...

As companies search underwater for resources, scientists are taking inventory of the ocean-dwelling creatures that could be ...