The Earth is home to some amazing animals, and many of them are well-known. Everybody knows how quick cheetahs are, how big ...

What is the fastest animal in water? The fastest fish defy conventional limits of speed and agility. Read on for all lighting ...

Of the sea species we have uncovered ... Arguably the most memeable animal on this list, these fish answer the question: “What happens if you melted a sad human face onto a chunky fish body?” ...

Look at the huge ocean. Miles and miles of water. We can't live without water. Nothing can live without water. These animals live in the water. They couldn't survive unless there was a lot of ...

That ratio could shift in the coming years, though. Here are the 15 extinct ocean animals (that we know of), along with a dozen others that are on the verge of extinction.

The swamp is a forested wetland made up of both water and land. Swamp animals include mammals, reptiles, birds, insects, ...

Animal life is flourishing underneath the seafloor according to a new study of deep-sea hydrothermal vents, suggesting this mysterious landscape has complex ecosystems. Hydrothermal vents are ...

Researchers uncover new cartilaginous fish species on the Madagascar Ridge, stressing the urgency of conservation in these ...

On a boat off Costa Rica, a biologist uses pliers from a Swiss army knife to try to extract a plastic straw from a sea turtle’s nostril ... than any other marine animal, researchers say ...

If we don't stop, the ocean could be drastically changed within our lifetimes. Rivers of pollution flow into the ocean every day, with little sign of slowing down. Marine animals and birds now ...

They include weird worms, brightly coloured sea cucumbers and corals. Scientists have put together the first full stocktake of species to help weigh up the risks to biodiversity. They say more ...