A complete Cretaceous shellfish fossil. (University of Portsmouth) Nature has imbued its mothers with many surprisingly ...

A normal canal fishing trip turns bizarre when the first cast near a pipe hooks something they do not expect. Instead of a ...

Deep beneath the oceans' crashing waves lies a hidden landscape more alien than many of us could ever dream. Below the ...

Marine heatwaves are driving the spread of invasive marine species into Malta’s waters, with popular bays across the country “becoming alien worlds”, according to a leading marine biologist. Alan ...

The vast, underwater desert of the North Sea is a landscape hidden to all but a minute few. Then imagine the stillness shattered by something human-made, massive, and intrusive. The industrial ...

Re “Study shows Chesapeake Bay blue crabs on decline” (A2, July 5): The July 5 story focused mainly on blue catfish having a severe impact on the blue crab survivability as well as pollution and loss ...

What if I told you there is an animal nearly the length of your forearm, living on the deep ocean floor, that can get by for five years without a single meal? Deep-sea isopods live on the seafloor ...

The next big-name horror director to keep your eye on? None other than Connor Storrie. If there are any lessons to take from this summer’s box-office haul, it’s that all the new great horror directors ...

A lot of terrapins were bought during the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles craze, but many were surrendered to sanctuaries or dumped in ponds A turtle sanctuary has reached full capacity as staff continue ...

A national security team has been brought in after mysterious cannisters washed up on a secluded beach in North Queensland. While initially thought to be harmless space junk, they’re now feared to be ...