The piece of rock was initially discarded and ignored by a student during fieldwork at the fish fossil locality site in ...

Dead sea turtles keep washing ashore on India’s east coast and environmentalists and authorities are trying frantically to ...

Done with cold weather? From the Keys’ turquoise waters to the Panhandle’s white-sand shores and beyond, here are the ...

The Fed's proposal would prohibit fishing for snapper and other reef fishes along much of Florida's Atlantic Coast for three ...

By shifting focus to smaller fish species, communities can reduce ecological pressures while improving public health outcomes ...

Off the coast of the Maldives, the coral reef “twilight zone” is buzzing with life. This section of reef — categorized as ...

Researchers recently found that the species should be split into six, maybe even seven, genetically distinct groups.

In the Lufubu River in Zambia, a “large”-mouthed fish known as Salzburg’s cichlid was identified as a new species. This fish, which has been popular among aquarium enthusiasts, was discovered to have ...

They also help create food for other organisms, he said. Researchers in Hawaii found four new species of sponge, a sea creature that’s important to coral reef ecosystems. Photos from Jan Vicente ...

Researchers in Hawaii used structures that mimic coral reefs to study aquatic life — and they found four new species. The new species are all types of sponges, “grubby little” creatures that ...

Miles below, a deep-sea fish approached ... 14 clips of fish seeming to move backward and reviewed each one in slow motion. Sure enough, the clips showed four different fish species swimming ...