Science & the Sea

One is purple, one is pink, and one is blue, and it took 40 scientists from 17 countries to find...

Families that celebrate Christmas will likely have a colorful tree lighting up their living room right now. But under the...

When two unrelated species help each other, their relationship is symbiotic, or mutually beneficial. When one species feeds off another,...

Camouflage is one of the best evolutionary strategies there is for evading predators, and hogfish are masters of it. These pointy-nosed reef...

Sailors’ lore about the ocean has captured popular imagination for centuries, from mermaids and sirens to the mythical Kraken. But often these...

If it took more than four years for your eggs to hatch, no one could blame you for seeking a way...

It’s not just humans who enjoy a snack that jiggles and wiggles like gelatin does. To the surprise of scientists, it...

They say that home is where the heart is, and that is literally true with hermit crabs — they carry...

One of the most effective treatments for a venomous bite or sting in humans is anti-venom, which is manufactured from...

Farmers don’t typically grow crops on all of their land simultaneously – they rotate crops and leave some land fallow...