Unless you are a scuba diver or snorkeler, you’ve probably never seen a sea cucumber in the wild, let alone seen one pooping. But they do poop. And they poop with a purpose! Read on to discover ...

Even the most devoted cat lover must admit an uncomfortable truth about felines: They’re ecological hazards. Scientists blame cats for killing tens of billions of birds and small mammals each year, ...

Sea cucumbers (Holothuroidea) are strange, cylindrical marine invertebrates closely related to sea urchins and starfish. They have no eyes, resemble a colossal chubby worm, and use their anus for both ...

A toxic parasite "very different from anything" experts have seen before has killed four California sea otters and they're concerned it could spread to other marine life and even humans. Melissa ...

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This story originally appeared in The Guardian and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Scientist Melissa Miller was seeing something in California sea otters that she had not seen before: an ...