Of the 8.3 billion tons of plastic ever made, more than half winds up in the environment, especially the ocean. Marine critters not only eat this pollution, but they can also dictate the plastic’s ...

Likely measuring more than 5 meters (16 ft) in length, Titanichthys was a giant armored fish that swam the oceans 380 million years ago. It may sound intimidating, but new research suggests that it ...

The discovery was made after scientists, lead by researchers from Glasgow University, found new fossils and re-examined others. The experts believe they have discovered an important missing piece in ...

Giant plankton-eating fishes roamed the prehistoric seas for over 100 million years before they were wiped out in the same event that killed off the dinosaurs, new fossil evidence has shown. Giant ...

It is one of the oddest look fish ever seen. An international team of scientists have discovered two new plankton-eating fossil fish species of the genus called Rhinconichthys from the oceans of the ...

Aegirocassis may have been the biggest animal in the Early Ordovician. At more than 2 meters long, Aegirocassis was not only the biggest radiodont ever, but it also may have been the biggest animal in ...

The enormous sea creatures described as "huge" have been by seen by people taking a dip on the south coast over the past few weeks. Experts believe they are barrel jellyfish, which usually live ...

In an article published in Nature Microbiology, scientists reveal the existence of numerous new lineages of mirusviruses, ...