Cuttlefish can change colour in 200 milliseconds, as fast as a human can blink. Cuttlefish have W-shaped pupils, which are thought to help control the intensity of light entering the eye. Cuttlefish ...

This sleek, black creature of the deep is a master of speed and agility, gliding effortlessly through the ocean’s vast ...

“A rare Mola mola (ocean sunfish) washed up on our shore at Cardiff State Beach today,” San Diego State Lifeguards stated ...

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 ...

The sea ice changed completely over the course of a few hours, from disconnected floes to a vast, snow-covered plain.

The common swift may not have a fancy name, but these small birds are marvels of velocity. Regularly cruising around 110kph ...

The internet is obsessed with a dog who has befriended local wildlife in his home by the sea. Ash the poodle lives in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, with his owner Meredith, 53. The seaside town is ...

The study inventoried thousands of mollusks, worms, crustaceans and other small marine creatures. Natural History Museum, London and University of Gothenburg As demand soars for critical minerals for ...

Looking out of the Fendouzhe submersible, more than nine kilometres below the ocean surface, Mengran Du knew she was seeing something totally new to science. The vessel’s lights illuminated a thriving ...

Human labor can be grueling, stretching for multiple hours and occasionally over days. However, in much of the animal world, birth has to be fast in order for a species to survive. In their world, a ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — For 35 years, American zoologist Laurie Marker has been collecting and storing specimens in a cheetah sperm bank in Namibia, hoping conservationists never have to use ...