A groundbreaking study of 7,000-year-old exposed coral reef fossils reveals how human fishing has transformed Caribbean reef ...

A study of 7000-year-old exposed coral reef fossils reveals how human fishing has transformed Caribbean reef food webs: as ...

The average whale shark measures about 30 feet long, with a mouth stretching nearly 5-feet across. The largest whale sharks ...

Oregon Zoo has welcomed 25 rare Pacific lamprey – a 400-million-year-old species native to the Pacific Northwest. The effort is part of a tribal-led initiative to restore lamprey populations above ...

Although sharks aren’t the mindless man-eaters they are sometimes made out to be, experts know that staying safe involves ...

When Walter Maxwell hooked into a giant tiger shark from a South Carolina pier in 1964, onlookers were sure he'd lose the ...

In the shadows of Python Cave, Uganda, a leopard leaps from a guano mound—formed by bat excrement—and sinks its teeth into a ...

As the Fourth of July holiday approaches and families are planning beach time, some people on Long Island have lingering ...

Yes, the shark population has increased. But the threat is minimal and, in truth, sharks have always been swimming around us, ...

You might’ve heard about a fish that bites testicles. Sounds like a bad joke—but it’s based on the pacu, a freshwater fish ...

Before shark science got high-tech, WHOI helped blow up the shark in ‘Jaws.’ Fifty years later, WHOI researchers are changing ...