Hagfish may look primitive, but their slime is a biological marvel. Learn how this jawless fish uses protein-rich mucus to stop sharks and how scientists are turning that same slime into inspiration ...

Brick buildings from the 1850s line the main street, housing quirky shops and tasting rooms. The town sits in the heart of Southern Oregon wine country, so you can sample local vintages without ...

The deep sea is cold, dark and under immense pressure. Yet life has found a way to prevail there, in the form of some of ...

In an environment as vast and extreme as the world’s oceans, survival of the fittest takes on new meaning. That’s probably why cooperation is the name of the game for many of the more vulnerable ...

A surprising discovery in Antarctica's Weddell Sea revealed a vast 'fish city' beneath the ice, where thousands of tiny polar fish have built intricate nests. This unexpected find, made during a ...

An apex predator threatening a key sector in the U.S. Pacific Northwest is now the unlikely source of a bipartisan alliance in the House of Representatives. Sea lions and their impact on salmon are a ...

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 ...

Divers have discovered a long-submerged wall some 7,000 years old under the sea off western France, scientists said Thursday. Nearly 400 feet long, it was found off the Ile de Sein in Brittany along ...

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 ...

As the Arctic Ocean loses its sea ice due to climate change, sunlight penetrates deeper into the water and encourages the growth of tiny plant-like organisms (phytoplankton). But to thrive, they need ...

A new discovery has revealed that relationships between fish and sea anemones are more diverse than those portrayed in Finding Nemo. It suggests that there the former may use the latter as a tool of ...

Conrad Pilditch receives funding from the Department of Conservation, MBIE, regional councils and PROs. He is affiliated with the Mussel Reef Restoration Trust, the Whangateau Catchment Collective and ...