A deep-sea octopus, Muusoctopus, wins “Mollusc of the Year 2025” as its genome is set to be sequenced for the first time.

Louisiana has become home to numerous invasive species, some of them wreaking havoc on the state's environment. Here are the ...

Have you ever wondered what happens beneath the waves while you sleep? Coral reefs are not just static underwater ...

A 2020 study found, for example, that bats were the main pollinators of pitayas (dragon fruit), a major crop in central ...

Imagine descending into the ocean’s deep, dark twilight zone, a realm straight out of science fiction. Here, in a place where ...

Imagine wandering through a tide pool, your eyes tracing the mysterious shapes hidden in the sand and seaweed. Suddenly, a ...

Hatchling sea turtles, like this juvenile loggerhead, make their way from the sandy beaches where they were born toward mats of sargassum weed, finding food and refuge from predators during their ...

The CNMI's Division of Fish and Wildlife is actively engaged in a variety of projects aimed at enhancing the recovery of these species.

A slug is not a species but a name used to describe hundreds, maybe thousands, of species. A slug is any gastropod mollusk that lives on land and has little or no shell. Slugs with shells are called ...

A perfectly round hole drilled into a shell tells us that the owner fell prey to a predatory sea snail such as a dogwhelk or necklace shell. Using chemicals to dissolve the shell, and a hard tongue to ...