From deep-sea sponges to ancient tortoises, the longest-living animals can survive for centuries, even pausing aging.

As the northern hemisphere blazes under the summer sun, the south offers a cool alternative. Ski, hike, encounter wildlife, ...

The Great Barrier Reef is a special place. It’s a coral reef wonderland that’s home to more than 2,900 individual reefs and 9 ...

This island in French Polynesia is home to 80% of the country's vanilla production and offers visitors plenty of chances for ...

What a beautiful day for Mother’s Day! This seems like it has been a more typical spring weather wise this year. The rain has ...

They’re the ones who comfort nervous toddlers on their first carousel ride, who offer encouraging words to teenagers attempting to win seemingly impossible midway games, and who ensure that every ...

Its network of sensors spreads across the ocean floor, sending back real-time data ... forming the base of a food web that supports giant tubeworms, spider crabs, clams, fish and octopuses. Axial ...

It was capable of growing beyond 30 feet in length and weighed around 10 tons—a mature elephant plus a sedan car.

Marine scientists have captured images of a mysterious tentacled creature that lives more than 3 miles below the ocean surface.

The team tested SNAP-X outdoors using natural seawater and continuous water flow to simulate the ocean environment. They found that the larvae of Montipora capitata, a primary reef-building coral ...

Thousands of feet below the surface of the Indian Ocean, a reddish sea creature with “massive eyes” used its “long” arms to ...