The ocean is a wondrous place. It also can be extremely dangerous. Currents and pressure are part of the danger, but many animals that lurk within the water can be another risk. Some underwater ...

British marine biologist and photographer Richard Smith focuses his work on the ocean’s tiniest and weirdest creatures.

These animals live in the water ... first and its big beady eyes on the lookout for danger. Big flat fish called rays scoot along the ocean floor as well. The ray looks a bit like an underwater ...

Global warming is causing alterations in ocean chemistry and many oceanic processes, and it is threatening many species of marine animals that cannot cope with higher temperatures. Overfishing is ...

Unlike stingrays, which use their tails for defense, cownose rays rely on theirs as an extension of their lateral line sensory system, allowing them to sense predators even when they cannot see them.

the melting of sea ice might have caused the death of some 10,000 Emperor penguin chicks by the end of 2022. The organization also expressed fears for the possible disappearance of the species as ...

"Icebergs are inherently dangerous. I would be extraordinarily happy if it just completely missed us," sea captain Simon Wallace ... as well as tiny animals like phytoplankton frozen inside ...