These "total monsters of fishes" are extinct today, though new clues about their lives come from CT scans and their closest ...

The very, very long-lived Greenland sharks were long thought to be practically blind. But a new study finds that they not ...

ever wondered how the same kind of animal can be both a tiny palm sized predator and a twelve meter long plankton vacuum.

The deep sea also harbours some of the most intriguing and alien-like species in existence, yet for several centuries, these ...

Far below the ocean’s surface, where sunlight disappears and pressure reaches crushing levels, some of the planet’s strangest ...

Every summer, tiger sharks gather at a remote atoll in the Pacific Ocean to hunt fledgling seabirds. New research suggests it ...

With 3I/ATLAS streaking away from our planet, speculation remains as to whether the interstellar comet is alien or not.

In the age of dinosaurs—before whales, great whites or the bus-sized megalodon—a monstrous shark prowled the waters off ...

Freed from the threat of invasive predators, Galapagos birds are performing astonishing feats of return and innovation – 200 ...

The world’s oceans are home to an exquisite variety of sharks and rays, from the largest fishes in the sea – the majestic whale shark and manta rays – to the luminescent but rarely seen deep-water ...

For the first time, global governments have agreed to widespread international trade bans and restrictions for sharks and rays being driven to extinction. Last week, more than 70 shark and ray species ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Gareth J. Fraser, University of Florida (THE CONVERSATION) The world’s oceans are home ...