The longest animal on Earth isn’t what you think. It’s a drifting, gelatinous predator whose reach reshapes how we define ...

Massive piles of sargassum, the size of which have not been seen before, are floating this way, right now, sure to coat the ...

Since then, he has traveled up the coast, spending long periods of time around the Carolinas, traveling further north up into Canadian waters, and back south again to the Florida coast.

When Becky O’Brien dangles herring over a tank of over a dozen swimming sharks, it only takes seconds for a zebra shark to snatch the fish from ...

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 Monterey Bay so appealing is what you can’t see. Starting a mile off shore from Moss Landing is the start of the ...

Whale sharks are the largest species of fish on the planet. They are among the largest animals to have ever lived. Only blue whales, sperm whales, and humpback whales (all mammals) are larger. The ...

An environmental reporter joins a research team trying to attach recording devices to sperm whales, in hopes of decoding their calls.

The Mediterranean Sea is home to some of the ocean's largest animals. Among the nine species of cetaceans commonly found along its western shores are the fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus, the world's ...

From sea turtles to birds and the gentle dugong, the Persian Gulf's diverse but fragile marine life is threatened by the bombs and oil of the war in the Middle East.In total, more than 2,000 marine ...

The whale shark, pictured above, is one of nature's gentlest giants. It can grow to over 40 feet long and weigh 47,000 pounds ...

The Galápagos Islands, an unparalleled sanctuary for marine biodiversity, are home to the magnificent whale shark, the world’s largest fish. Recent findings from the Galápagos Whale Shark Project ...