Tardigrades—tiny, water-dwelling creatures also known as “water bears”—are some of the toughest animals on Earth. They can ...

If you haven't heard of a tardigrade before, prepare to be wowed. These clumsy, eight-legged creatures, nicknamed water bears, are about half a millimeter long and can survive practically anything: ...

Fairy shrimp are magical creatures that look like comic book creatures. You can view them in vernal pools this spring.

Thousands of blue and purple sea creatures have been washing ashore in Ventura County beaches. These strange looking creatures are known as Velella velellas. They are related to jellyfish as well as ...

In the footage of the man being attacked, a member of the public can be heard calling authorities, saying: "There’s someone ...

Guiunio rarus, or the rare Guangxi freshwater mussel, was found “living in the slow flowing stream with muddy and sandy bottom” alongside other species, according to the study. The mussels were also ...

Though once thought to be siphonophores — colonies of specialized zooids — the velella velella is now classified as a single ...

Scientists just discovered a new phylum of microbes in Earth’s Critical Zone. The Critical Zone—also known as the planet’s ...

As India’s astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla heads to the International Space Station on the Axiom-4 mission, he won’t be alone — a ...

These fleeting woodland ponds teeming with wonderous, rarely seen creatures are an essential feature of Michigan’s forests.

Americans are skeptical of the term environmentalist, so a new report from the aquarium deals with ‘wonder and respect and ...