Previously, scientists thought only microbes and viruses could live beneath the seafloor crust where tectonic plates meet.

Motherhood is entirely possible at the age 74—for some birds at least. A Laysan albatross ( Phoebastria immutabilis) named ...

Sea otters are among the world’s most playful and adorable animals. They are beloved for their charming antics and cuddly ...

From deadly 'living fossils' to glowing sea angels ... mucus-coated “dumplings” and consumed. These deep sea marvels exemplify the animal world’s desire to survive, even in the harshest ...

Last fortnight there were in captivity just two sea elephants, both in Germany. One day in the Hanover Zoo, four-ton Goliath III sighed through his dewlap snout and died. Forty-eight hours later ...

At first glance, this tiny sea slug—measuring just a few ... This makes it one of the very few animals capable of photosynthesis. Living in shallow waters near Japan, Indonesia, and the ...

From animal journeys across oceans to the discovery of dozens of new species in the deep sea, these stories wowed us ...

But which animal has the longest tail of all? In proportion to their bodies, grass lizards have the longest tails of any known living animal. The tails of these small, lightweight lizards are two ...

New research shows about a quarter of animals living in rivers, lakes and other freshwater sources are threatened with extinction WASHINGTON -- Nearly a quarter of animals living in rivers ...

The assessment, published in the scientific journal Nature, found that 24 percent of animals living in freshwater, such as ponds, streams, lakes, rivers and wetlands, are at high risk of going ...