British marine biologist and photographer Richard Smith focuses his work on the ocean’s tiniest and weirdest creatures.

Q. I enjoy learning about bizarre animals like the terrestrial one you recently wrote about called a hammerhead worm. With ...

Embark on a captivating journey into the ocean, where you'll discover the beauty of sea animals and their incredible fish catches. From colorful fish darting through coral reefs to majestic sea ...

Animals have fascinating sleeping patterns adapted to survival. Dolphins sleep with one eye open, giraffes get about 20 ...

Aslan the lion at the Popcorn Park Animal Refuge in Ocean County has died. “It is with heavy hearts that we share the passing ...

Dartmouth researchers say zooplankton could help bury carbon in the ocean. The key to that process? Sprinkling clay dust on ...

The ocean quahog (Arctica islandica) is a clam that redefines what it means to have a long lifespan. This species is famous for being one of the longest-lived animals on Earth, with individuals ...

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

Nudibranchs are gastropod mollusks, like mussels, clams and scallops, but as adults they have no shell, so their soft body ...

Bọ biển, or “sea bugs,” are large isopods that have come to rival lobsters in “quality of the flesh” as a sought-after ...

Animals came out to embrace the day’s blanket of snow at the Cape May County Zoo, Cohanzick Zoo and the Popcorn Park Zoo.

Giant worms are discovered living in cavities under the ocean floor in hydrothermal systems, expanding knowledge of ...