Over about five decades, Dolphin Action and Protection Group founder Nan Rice worked tirelessly to protect dolphins, whales ...

The yeti crab is a strange species because of its furry appearance. Read here to learn about why these crabs are furry!

A DW investigation traces the hidden financial web behind deep-sea mining — an industry scientists say remains poorly understood, yet capable of causing irreversible harm to oceans worldwide.

Animals that researchers call “supersucklers” come back to nurse even after they can hunt, mate and fend for themselves.

Life in the ocean runs on light. It fuels photosynthesis, shapes food webs and determines where many marine species can live.

While the average person may believe we’re losing species faster than we can discover new ones, that may not be the case. A ...

Authorities have launched an investigation after a dead whale was found on the bow of a ship coming to port at a marine terminal in New Jersey.

The book falls into three parts, each connected to a different century and events related to what became known as Steller’s ...

Research suggests that dolphins develop a lifelong vocal “name.” Here’s how they evolved this high level of social identity, once thought to be uniquely human.

After reviewing recent genetic, morphological, and biogeographic studies on giraffes, scientists have now split the single ...

The Andaman Coast has one of the largest concentration of dugong in the world, so why are numbers falling dramatically and what can they tell us about a biodiversity warning cry ...

The formally feathered, flightless aquatic birds known as penguins dominate the frigid waters surrounding the subantarctic ...