Science & the Sea

It’s been 100 years since people discovered the existence of the colossal squid, known by its scientific name Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni,...

Have you ever heard of “mosquito ringtones”? They’re phone ringtones that teens can easily hear but the frequency is too...

One of the most famous symbiotic relationships in the animal kingdom is the clownfish and its anemone. Symbiosis is the...

If you thought dating other humans was complicated, wait until you hear about the complex courtship behaviors of wild leopard...

It’s harder to imagine a more hostile environment on Earth than the ocean’s hadal zone. Named after Hades, the Greek...

Take a moment to imagine what you think is the largest sea creature on Earth. How big is it? Are...

When Pinocchio and his father, Geppetto, were swallowed by a whale, they started a fire to make the whale sneeze...

Sea otters, dolphins, crows, elephants, octopuses, crocodiles—these animals, like humans, use tools for a variety of activities, from eating and...

From the front, dragonfish look about as terrifying as their mythological namesakes likely appeared to the knights in ancient tales....

With thousands of species of the world’s organisms yet to be discovered, it’s not unusual for scientists to discover several...