Researchers studying the soft-bodied Ediacaran biotas of the world generally accept that there are three distinct assemblages. The 575–560-million-year-old (Ma) Avalon Assemblage is best known from ...

The name “sea hare” comes from the two tentacles on their heads that resemble a rabbit’s ears. Learn more about this marine mollusk.

When zebra mussels invaded the United States, nobody realized how financially or ecologically damaging these minute mollusks ...

Petroglyphs on sandstone at a national park in Chad bear witness to wildlife that once roamed the area before the continent’s ...

Scientists discover a 21-million-year-old dwarf sea cow that grazed in the Arabian Gulf, revealing how it transformed marine ecosystems.

Cruise ships act as moving ecosystems, reshaping water, waste, and wildlife interactions as they travel between ports worldwide.

Researchers have long believed that a sudden, massive deluge filled a dry, salt-filled Mediterranean some 5 million years ago. Turns out that probably didn't happen, but there was still drama aplenty.

Fourteen sailors have been rescued from an Iranian-flagged cargo ship sinking in the Caspian Sea. The Rona, a 115m long dry cargo ship, was heading towards Russia according to MarineTraffic.com. A ...

Ukraine overnight targeted three drilling platforms in the Caspian Sea owned by Russian oil major Lukoil in the latest move to weaken Russia’s economic capacity to fund its war effort. The platforms, ...

Ukraine struck three Russian oil rigs operating in the Caspian Sea on Sunday following Moscow’s large-scale bombardment over the weekend that left thousands without heat or power in Kyiv. Footage ...

One of the biggest quests in biology is understanding how every cell in an animal's body carries an identical genome yet still gives rise to a kaleidoscope of different cell types and tissues. A ...

The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces claimed that its December 14 drone strike on a Russian drilling rig in the Caspian Sea resulted in the full shutdown of 14 wells. Newsweek could not ...