Water birds have limited means by which to deal with the wind and rough water. If the winds are too persistent, the birds may ...

This 2022 astronaut photo reveals a menagerie of hidden oceanographic features surrounding a pair of Greek islands, including ...

Some Australian divers on their way down under the waves were stopped in their tracks recently, when they noticed a seagull pinned to the pier by a hook and fishing line. Jules Casey filmed the moment ...

A survey of museum specimens reveals that more than a dozen species of the birds sport biofluorescence in feathers, skin or even inside their throats.

The birds spend most of their lives in the open ocean. Observing birds at sea is nearly impossible, so much about puffins remains a mystery. Ecologists like Erpur Snær Hansen, who leads a team at the ...

It’s hard to believe that only a few hours earlier, I was hauling my suitcase through Customs. From this tiny private island in the South China Sea, that journey now feels like it never happened.

Along the ground, they noticed a yellow sea creature with dozens of tentacles. It turned out to be a new species. Researchers visited several sites in the western end of the Mediterranean Sea between ...