New species of shark, sea butterfly, mud dragon, bamboo coral, water bear, octocoral, and shrimp were just some of the marine ...

A snorkeler had a dangerously close call after picking up a stunning seashell, unaware that it was potentially home to one of ...

Over the past two decades, the Gulf of Maine has become a popular landing spot for invasive species from across the world, ...

Scientists have identified 866 new species as part of the Ocean Census, a global mission to protect and accelerate the ...

Over a 16-month period, divers, underwater submersibles and remotely operated vehicles found 886 marine species that have all ...

this sea snail earned its nickname by behaving more like an insect, fluttering its wings from top to bottom and contorting its tiny body to propel itself upward through the water column.

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

It’s fair to say that research into ways to protect an endangered sea snail called “Kayanomi-kanimori,” or Clypeomorus bifasciata as it is known academically, had proceeded at a snail’s ...

A man shared his close call with a deadly textile cone snail while snorkeling in Egypts Red Sea. Initially unaware of the ...

Learn about our Editorial Policies. These findings inspired Ho Yan Yeung, a postdoctoral researcher in Helena Safavi-Hemami’s group at the University of Utah, to investigate whether cone snails ...

The Ocean Census has discovered over 800 new marine species, including the rare guitar shark, through global expeditions and ...

These deep-sea snails inject toxins into their prey with precision with venomous, harpoon-like teeth. Found at 2770m to 3575m in the Arctic's Jøtul Vent Field, east of Greenland, this is the ...