Beaches often gift us treasures like seashells or sea creatures, but sometimes, certain rare and unique creatures wash up on ...

A rare purple sea snail (Janthina) washes ashore in San Deigo. Scientists reveal its floating bubble-raft lifestyle, striking violet colour and how ocean currents unexpectedly carried it to the beach.

Over the past two decades, the Gulf of Maine has become a popular landing spot for invasive species from across the world, says Geoffrey Trussell, an evolutionary biologist and professor at ...

Beachgoers in San Diego may have spotted some glistening, purple shells reminiscent of small gemstones in the sand recently.

An expert said that this discovery 'rewrites the playbook for Arctic deep-sea ecosystems and carbon cycling.' ...

close up of a new species of yellow snail found in the Florida Keys Researchers have discovered a new species of bright-yellow "margarita" snail hiding in plain sight on a coral reef in the Florida ...

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OKINAWA, Japan (WJW) — If it’s a cone, leave it alone — that’s what Beckylee Rawls learned after she went to the beach and held death in her hand last week. Rawls, a 29-year-old who lives in Okinawa, ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The animal kingdom is full of creatures that make themselves look bigger to ward off predators, but marine scientists have found a tiny sea snail that puts on its own light ...

The margarita sea snail, which shoots out a toxic mucus web to catch prey, was discovered on a coral reef in the Florida Keys and was named after Buffett, who died on Sept. 1. When you purchase ...