Slugs are sluggish but one of the more fascinating creatures in existence. Learn 10 slippery facts about these gastropods.

Garbage disposals can crush up food leftovers like none other, but not all seafood is as easily disposed of down the drain.

Along the final stretch of the Seyhan River, in southern Türkiye, plastic bits in various colors dot the water and sediment. When the river bends, shredded plastic, degraded by the elements, forms ...

Microbes that flourish in boiling hydrothermal vents, bone-dry desert sediments, and radiation-blasted Antarctic rock are forcing scientists to rethink where life can and cannot exist. These ...

With Oregon beaches once again blanketed with Velella velella this week — tiny, electric-blue, slimy sailors that wash ashore by the millions — it seemed like a good time to take a look at some of the ...

Nearly two dozen people helped with the rescue mission for a mama manatee and her baby. The mother sea cow was hit by a propeller over 20 times.

This isn’t a sea turtle versus coyote issue.' Sanibel's dilemma: Coyotes destroy huge numbers of nests. Should they be shot?

On the flip side, slug slime absorbs nearly all water, which is why it's almost impossible to wash off your hands. Perhaps ...

You start to see what history noticed — and what it didn’t. For Women’s History Month, my colleagues and I pored over hundreds of obituaries in The New York Times archives. Our new project, which we ...

commercial fishermen conducted more than 690 ghost gear seizures, with the objects taken ashore either for reuse or recycling.

What if I told you Oscar-nominee “One Battle After Another” was actually based off of Pixar’s “Finding Nemo?” ...