close up of a new species of yellow snail found in the Florida Keys Researchers have discovered a new species of bright-yellow "margarita" snail hiding in plain sight on a coral reef in the Florida ...

New deep-sea limpet species, Pectinodonta nautilus, found on a sunken log near Johnston Atoll, nearly 8,000 feet deep.

Over the past two decades, the Gulf of Maine has become a popular landing spot for invasive species from across the world, ...

Research teams from the Academia Sinica and National Taiwan University have documented the first discovery of five freshwater ...

San Diego beachgoers are getting a rare and colorful treat. Stunning violet sea snails have recently made a surprise appearance along La Jolla Shores, riding in on a warm ocean current. Known as ...

Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Public domain. I'm always looking for "surprises" in animal behavior and how environmental conditions can influence behavior and physiology over ...

Researchers have found a type of snail, new to South Florida, that might have arrived as a stowaway on a ship. The sea snail, officially called a “Naria turdus,” is supposed to be in the Eastern ...

Wild bear wanders into Northern California zoo, ‘interacts’ with the resident bears Taylor Swift’s sea otter shirt just raised $1 million for Monterey Bay Aquarium South Bay humane society ...

One of the world's most venomous creatures could be a new source of inspiration for drugs to treat diseases affecting hundreds of millions of people, a new study suggests. Led by researchers from the ...

The margarita sea snail, which shoots out a toxic mucus web to catch prey, was discovered on a coral reef in the Florida Keys and was named after Buffett, who died on Sept. 1. When you purchase ...