Frank, who wished to keep his last name private, picked up the shell-looking item and admired it. He thought about taking it home as a souvenir for his first trip to a coral reef, but decided against ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks with John Himmelman about his new collection of illustrated poems for children, "The Boy Who Lived in a Shell: Snippets for Wandering Minds." ...

Surprisingly, Pokémon and Godzilla have quite a few things in common. Many Pokémon actually look like the kaiju in Godzilla ...

A new otter will soon be splashing around the Monterey Bay Aquarium. The otter was stranded off the coast of San Luis Obispo ...

She rose from afternoon slumbers with something pinching her tail. Three feet below the surface of San Diego Bay her equine ...

For just 24 hours starting March 26, the public will have a chance to vote for the name of the aquarium's newest sea otter.

A separate expedition found new species such as a limpet, a marine mollusk with a conical shell, and a sea star in polar waters at a depth of 10,000 feet (3,053 meters) in the Norwegian-Greenland Sea.

The Gower Peninsula in Swansea has been named the overall Best Place to Live in Wales by the Sunday Times, and after visiting ...

Cars can be objects of great beauty -- and also stunningly ugly. Exterior design gets plenty of attention, but which cars ...

Traditionally, the person who first describes a newfound animal is entitled to name it, and now Scripps is inviting you ... where the remains of a deceased whale support a diverse community of ...

Are you looking to take your next beach vacation in the beautiful state of Florida? Whether you are looking to hit the ...