Long before whales dominated the oceans, Earth’s seas were home to a fish so massive it continues to challenge our ...

A cavity in the middle of the rockhead poacher’s skull might be used like a maraca to produce sound, new research suggests.

Its unearthly look is often accentuated by the presence of tiny crustacean parasites hooked into the corneas on its eyes, but ...

New photos from Afghanistan show a Taliban law banning images of people and animals is now being enforced across most of the ...

Two veteran captains share the durable reels, rods, and apparel that can actually survive a season of corrosive spray.

Far below the ocean’s surface, where sunlight disappears and pressure reaches crushing levels, some of the planet’s strangest ...

A finger-length fish has reignited a long-running debate about self-awareness, cognition and how much we’ve underestimated ...

When Ted Judah goes scuba diving off the coast in Monterey Bay, he normally swims at the surface to the area above the dive site and then descends. But on the morning of Dec. 30, the water was ...

A California man learned that a 500-pound black bear had been using the crawlspace under his Altadena residence as a den.

Most shark bites in Florida are not deadly. However, there was an unfortunate 2010 attack where a 38-year-old Stuart man who ...

The world still holds its secrets. Hidden under wet rocks, in the ocean’s twilight crevices, and in the minutiae of the ...

A tiny desert fish survives in a sun-scorched cavern on the edge of extinction. Here’s how it’s offering scientists a rare ...