The bumphead sunfish (Mola alexandrini) is one of the strangest and most impressive giants in the ocean. With a flattened, ...

Why penguin-eating pumas live closer together in Patagonia, the reason chimps can reason, ants sacrifice individuals for the ...

Academy researchers identified 72 species new to science in 2025, including the newly recognized Galápagos lava heron, a shy deep-sea fish, and a rare sunflower relative found in a U.S. national park.

Scientists in New Zealand have discovered what may be the biggest example of the species ever recorded—at more than 13 feet ...

When it comes to understanding South Africa’s troubled but fascinating fishing industry, few people have as broad a view as ...

According to new research recently published in the journal Nature Communications, the Greenland shark retained its visual organs throughout millions of years of evolution for a reason. The ...

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 ...

At the bottom of the world’s trenches, there’s a fish that shouldn’t exist. Here’s how it earned the title of the deepest-living fish on Earth. If you were to drop a camera into one of Earth’s ...

A plan to save endangered salmon in the North Santiam by emptying Detroit Lake faced major skepticism from local residents at meetings this week.

Striped bass fishing continues for boaters off the coast of Sandy Hook and Ocean County's barrier islands. Favorable west winds are predicted for the weekend, which could benefit fishermen. While it ...

These three fish are freaks, phantoms and mysteries of the deep. Here’s what we’ve learned from the rare glimpses we’ve had of their lives. The deep sea is one of Earth’s final frontiers. Given its ...