Explosions are messy at the best of times, but when the thing exploding is an animal, or part of an animal, it rarely ends ...

These real-life ocean animals were so terrifying to seafarers that they became embedded in history as legendary sea monsters ...

Lionfish, mitten crabs and “sea vomit.” Meet eight marine species inadvertently brought to new territory that are taking the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Will your birth month align with an easygoing fish that frequents the coral reefs, a powerful apex predator who patrols the ...

Life is so much better under the sea. Thankfully, you don’t have to cross the seven seas to find the ocean animal that mirrors your soul, according to your birth month. With hundreds of thousands of ...

A decade after they vanished from the ocean, the discovery of this lost colony of sunflower sea stars offers new hope for California's kelp forests. A large red abalone next to an adult sunflower sea ...

She thought it was a rock… then the sea creature moved While snorkeling in Jamaica's crystal-clear water, she spotted something unusual crawling across the ocean floor. What started as a relaxing swim ...

The animal, closely related to jellyfish, is distinguished by its 'balloon-like' float Getty Highly venomous Portuguese man o' wars have been washing up on the shores of Myrtle Beach, local police ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. It lives in a glass castle deep under the sea. It’s not a character from The Little ...

An increasingly rare loggerhead sea turtle was found dead on the eastern end of North Carolina’s Emerald Isle over the Memorial Day weekend, according to the Emerald Isle Sea Turtle Patrol. The ...

They are iridescent, bright blue and jellylike, with stinging tentacles that dangle from their flat, oval-shaped bodies. Just 3 to 4 inches long, these alien-looking creatures use a short, clear flap ...