Science & the Sea

While Magellans first circumnavigation of the world made history, circling the globe is a regular annual trip for many albatrosses....

While seahorses certainly are a unique-looking fish, that’s hardly their most unusual trait. Seahorses and their relatives, pipefishes, are the...

If being a blue blood is a sign of royalty, then horseshoe crabs may be the kings and queens of...

Horseshoe crabs are known as living fossils because they have survived on Earth for more than 450 million years. Although...

There is a lot of activity atop the oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, but like an iceberg, there's...

Swelling up like a balloon is a pretty dramatic defense mechanism, but many species of pufferfish pack an even deadlier...

Puffer fish have one of the most dramatic defense mechanisms of any creature in the sea, thanks to bodies customized...

What is the greatest size and age a living thing can achieve? Seagrass meadows may hold the answer. Seagrasses are...

Watch a stingray glide over the sandy sea floor and you can tell it's in hunting mode - but the...

Life in the extreme environment of a polar ocean certainly is a survival challenge, but some Antarctic fish manage with...