The Texas coastline is seeing a rare and unusual sight: thousands of mysterious sea creatures washing ashore after what ...

'Thousands and thousands' of these curious creatures have been showing up on the Texas shoreline, expert says. What are they?

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In the last two years, National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek traversed the Chinese countryside, marched along the Korean Demilitarized Zone and fended off grizzly bears in Alaska. Now, his ...

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We recreate a dangerous ocean moment using a realistic fake foot. This experiment helps us understand what happens during a sea urchin accident. Instead of risking injury, we choose a safer way to ...

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 ...

A sudden, unexplained mass die-off is decimating sea urchins around the world, including catastrophic losses in the Canary Islands. Key reef-grazing species are reaching historic lows, and their ...