In early January 2026, researchers surveying Texas beaches uncovered an unsettling sight: thousands of heart urchin skeletons ...

Scientists from the California Academy of Sciences described 72 new species last year, from elegant birds to strange sea ...

Explainer - Authorities are warning the public to check local regulations before casting a fishing line or gathering ...

Their moving lights and night activity — "the kind of lights that usually mean someone is doing more than sightseeing," the ...

Killing the protected animals may be the only way to stop them from eating too many of the Pacific Northwest’s endangered ...

Scientists from the California Academy of Sciences retrieved 13 underwater monitoring structures from the deep reefs off the Pacific island of Guam, which have been gathering data there at depths up ...

Southern sea otters living along California’s coast are struggling in warmer seas, with new threats and changing food sources. They, like the other two sea otter subspecies, are classified as ...

1 Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia 2 Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia For ...

A study led by the Center for Advanced Studies of Blanes (CEAB-CSIC) proposes a new and simple method to assess the state of coastal rocky ecosystems in the Mediterranean Sea: monitoring the grazing ...

Trump proposal weakens the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and harms Florida sea turtles, manatees, and whales. Public has less than month to comment on critical endangered species list changes. Changes ...

Sea urchins face extinction worldwide due to a deadly "pandemic" beneath the waves, warns new research. Scientists say the consequences for marine ecosystems aren’t yet fully known, but are likely to ...