Glittery sea worms and sea squirts fit for "The Lord of the Rings" universe might sound like pure fantasy, but they're very real creatures living in the deep sea. Some of these otherworldly ocean ...

Animals come in an extraordinary range of body shapes. A starfish looks nothing like an earthworm, a mouse, or a human. Yet even closely related species can appear radically different: corals, ...

Glittery sea worms and sea squirts fit for The Lord of the Rings universe might sound like pure fantasy, but they’re very real creatures living in the deep sea. Some of these otherworldly ocean ...

What makes an animal invasive, and which species are causing the most destruction across North America? A species is ...

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A hulking Steller sea lion turned San Francisco's Pier 39 into an instant wildlife spectacle yesterday, hauling out on K-Dock and drawing a steady stream of cameras and gawkers. With its pale, blocky ...

As wildlife tourism grows, scientists are asking a bigger question: can we bring people closer to nature without reshaping the ecosystems they came to see?

A rare painted river terrapin hatched at the Smithsonian National Zoo, giving conservationists hope for a turtle species ...

Scientists discover underwater mountain ranges, golden towers of coral, and never-before-seen sea creatures.

This secretive native of both sides of the Caribbean—from Belize to the British Virgin Islands—hides out on ledges and in caves of reefs up to 140 feet below the surface of the sea. Although not being ...

Advocates say alligator farming has turned the demand for boots and bags into a boost for a species often seen as scary, ...