Observatory: Whales Are Tasty, but Bone-Eating Worms Might Not Discriminate
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Even without mouths or guts, the worms of the genus Osedax feast on the bones of âwhalefalls,â carcasses on the seafloor.
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An extremely rare whale with a beak like a dolphin found dead on a Byron Bay beach has excited Australia&#39;s marine researchers.
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With eyes the size of dinner plates, the sea monster is of a species that is bigger than even the giant squid.
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By Steve Connor  A census of ocean life has revealed a treasure chest of living jewels ranging from a mighty microbe as big as a fingernail to a furry crab and a giant lobster.
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Some days, killer whales just wake up on the wrong side of the pool. A 2 1/2-ton orca that dragged a trainer underwater during a show at SeaWorld may have been put out by a spat with another whale, grumpy because of the weather or just irritable from a stomach ache, according to marine mammal experts.
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Science & environment: Fifteen pilot whales die mass stranding on a New Zealand beach, and 15 more are still at risk
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To a degree some may find hard to swallow, science is proving the old adage "you are what you eat."
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ISLA HOLBOX, Mexico -- The whale shark -- a massive, polka-dotted creature stretching about 23 feet long -- slowly swam up alongside the scientists' boat. As it neared, they tossed a handful of pre-soaked rice in front of its enormous mouth. The rice rushed in along with the seawater, and the wha...
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Researchers say a museum in central Japan has right whale fossils that are at least 5 million years old, making them the oldest fossilized remains of the animal in the world, officials said Wednesday.
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Scientific studies on deep sea vents may not be as damaging to a unique shrimp species as previously feared.
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Marine creatures are thriving by a record hot volcanic vent in the Atlantic and in dark waters under thick Antarctic ice, boosting theories that planets other than Earth are suitable for life, scientists said on Sunday.
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CHICAGO - "Animal Grossology," the new exhibition at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, could easily have been a lot grosser. Sure, there's plastic excrement in the exhibit room, skunk scent for spritzing, and robot animals that use cutesy terms like "barf" and "dookie" while talking about hairballs and digestive tracts...
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By Blaine Harden  For creatures that eat 400 pounds of salmon a day, killer whales are startlingly human. They live as long as you do. They never escape the controlling influence of their moms. They love to show off.  Consider J-22, also known as Oreo.
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The hagfish is a bottom feeder so repulsive it had a cameo on TV's "Fear Factor." It slimes its enemies, has rows of teeth on its tongue, and feeds on the innards of rotting fish by penetrating any orifice. But cooked and served on a plate, it is considered an aphrodisiac in South Korea.
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Nearly 100,000 or more gray whales once thrived in the Pacific Ocean, greatly outnumbering today&#39;s population, a new study suggests.
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NEW YORK  - More women may want to develop  a taste for seaweed, if animal research is any indication of  the food's potential cancer-fighting ability.
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A decomposing whale washed up yesterday near Scotch Beach. Reports indicate the whale is baleen, using plates along its upper jaw to strain food from water, said Scott Comings, director of Block Island programs for The Nature Conservancy.