So, blobfish don’t really look like melting ice cream in their natural environment. Underwater, they’re shaped like tadpoles: ...

The sea mammals may actually be able to sense the amount of oxygen in their blood—something we humans can't do.

For years, scientists felt like the fish they were watching watched them back. A new study suggests they can recognize a ...

They're tiny, blobby, butt-shaped, and glow in the dark. What the heck are they? Scientists are still figuring them out.

A hidden ecosystem of giant sea spiders, octopuses, and other stunning sea creatures shows how life can flourish even when ...

Scientists have spent a lot of time thinking about how the nutrients in whale feces—also known as whale pump —benefit species ...

Found primarily in the Gulf of Mexico, but also as far north as Nova Scotia, Kemp’s ridleys are among the smallest sea turtles ... Highly migratory animals, they often travel hundreds of ...

Bodnar studies longevity in marine animals, including the 200-year-old red sea urchin. “Each of these long-lived species has really come up with different solutions to achieve healthy aging and ...

“The animals that depend on the edge of the sea ice for a living will be congregating there in the summer,” says marine ecologist Enric Sala, leader of the National Geographic Society’s Pris ...

Spring is a magical time to witness wildlife in action, as animals ... sea lions play in the safety of shallow water off the coast of Santa Barbara Island, part of the Channel Islands National ...

This story appears in the October 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. A naked mole rat. That was photographer Joel Sartore’s first model in 2006 when he began making studio portraits of ...