Around 250 million years ago, something catastrophic occurred on our planet. An event, often referred to as the ‘Great Dying,’ wiped out almost all life on Earth. Yet, against the odds, some organisms ...

Far beneath the surface of the ocean lies the largest and least explored habitat on Earth. The deep sea is cold, dark, highly ...

Imagine a world where the simple act of breathing is no longer necessary. This isn’t the stuff of science fiction, but the incredible reality for a handful of animals on Earth. While most living ...

Horseshoe crabs have roamed Earth's oceans for hundreds of millions of years, and their secrets go far deeper than a prehistoric shell. This free five-day elementary unit uncovers the surprising ...

Even as a fragile ceasefire eases military tensions, marine growth on ship hulls has emerged as an unexpected obstacle to restoring one of the world's most important energy corridors.

In the vast Gobi Desert of Mongolia, there has long been a legend of a 'worm that brings death to those who approach it.' Its name is the 'Mongolian Death Worm'. It is said to have a reddish-black, ...

A 2016 report from the Downeast Institute detailed the rapid collapse of the clam industry in Freeport, once home to the state’s most productive flats. After leading Maine in landings from 2009 to ...

A project aims to restore the Indian River Lagoon by dropping one billion "super clams" using drones. These clams are a hardier strain that has survived previous algal blooms and pollution. Clams are ...

Ellen Pikitch with a host of marine conservationists at a 2023 meeting in Norway. Several of them are co-authors on a paper that proposes to combine efforts from fisheries management and broader ocean ...

Jumping worms, also known as "snake worms" or "crazy worms," are rapidly spreading across the country, and recently made it to the West. Reading time 3 minutes Agriculture officials are sounding the ...

An invasive earthworm that can rapidly destroy soil and plant life has now been detected in Colorado, state officials confirmed. Known as the Asian jumping worm — or “crazy worm” — the species spreads ...

A destructive, fast-moving invader is wriggling its way into yards across the US, and officials say Californians should be on the alert. Agriculture authorities are sounding the alarm over the Asian ...