Shielded from development and agriculture, many archaeological sites from ancient Greece have now become inadvertent safe ...

Coral reefs appear to run a daily timetable for microscopic life in nearby waters. Scientists found that microbial ...

This seabed deployment is a first for Northern Ireland. The project is supported by Ulster Wildlife members, Belfast Harbour ...

Thousands of starfish have been washed up on an Edinburgh beach. Wild swimmers were at Wardie Bay in Granton when they came ...

The conservation of genome regulatory elements over long periods of evolution is not limited to vertebrates, as previously ...

Sleep may have evolved to help reduce DNA damage in nerve cells long before they became centralized in the brain, a study ...

Despite multiple mass extinctions, the frilled shark has managed to thrive for 100 million years. Today, it remains one of ...

A clear, traveler-friendly guide to Florida sea life that must stay in the water, helping you enjoy the coast responsibly.

Far below the Pacific, a volcano long written off as geologically dead has turned out to be both active and teeming with life ...

The Namib desert’s sand can be burningly hot but its air, blowing in off the Atlantic Ocean, is cool. Running generates a wind over the body. We concluded that the heat from the sun and from the ...

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

This is the moment deep sea explorers captured an incredibly elusive creature on camera - the giant phantom jellyfish.