The story of the world’s largest lake is both fascinating and alarming. This natural wonder, known as the Caspian Sea, is ...

This strange and mesmerizing sea creature can age in reverse when times get tough, in a move that would make Benjamin Button ...

I know it is anthropomorphic, and therefore wrong, to think of terns as classier versions of gulls. In the proper scientific sense, class should only be considered in the taxonomic sense. But I have ...

This extraordinary species, belonging to the family Acipenseridae, is renowned for producing one of the most sought-after caviars in the world. Found primarily in the Caspian Sea, the Beluga sturgeon ...

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

A calving iceberg exposed a region that never before had been seen by human eyes, revealing a vibrant, thriving ecosystem ...

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Giant Clone of Seaweed in the Baltic Sea Mar. 4, 2025 — Researchers have discovered that what was previously thought to be a unique seaweed species of bladderwrack for the Baltic Sea is in fact ...

Rhythmic clicks, grunts and roars fill the Año Nuevo Island Reserve in California, home to a large breeding colony of ...

A recent study indicates that the feeding areas of white-tailed eagles and cormorants in the Baltic Sea overlap. Both species hunt fish, but the white-tailed eagle also preys on water birds, including ...

People have long feared the ancient predators in the Central Mamuju district of Indonesia’s West Sulawesi, where the Budong-Budong River meets the sea. For Munirpa, 48, that fear turned into a ...