In Japanese folklore, appearances of these elusive marine creatures dubbed ‘doomsday fish’ are believed to foreshadow ...

Between 122 and 108 million years ago, the Australian landmass was much farther south than today. Victoria was positioned ...

When you imagine oceanic predators of our planet’s prehistoric oceans, something like a giant shark likely comes to mind. However, a new discovery of fossils in North Greenland has revealed it may ...

When an invasive species of crab was threatening an entire ecosystem in Monterey County's Elkhorn Slough, an unexpected hero stepped in to save the day.

Arctic daily sea ice extent continued to hover near record daily lows in January, with the ice edge well northward of its long-term average position in most areas. In contrast to the cold conditions ...

Projections of our future under climate change paint a picture of extreme weather and acidified oceans, a world many of today ...

This is a well-written important paper on the recovery of fauna and flora following the end-Permian extinction event in several continental sites in northern China. The convincing conclusion, a rapid ...

A dream vacation in the Bahamas for two young American tourists turned into a nightmare when they jumped into the sparkling ...

New Zealand is considering withdrawing its support for an international ban on deep-sea mining, the country's resources ...

Thousands of carnivorous and rare tropical plants are hidden inside greenhouses on a dusty Hill Country road. For the first ...

‘What might happen is that the waters of the Indian Ocean would come in and flood what is now the East African Rift Valley,’ Ken Macdonald, a professor at the University of ...