Characidium dumonti lives among the rocks and pebbles at the bottom of the fast-flowing streams in the national park, ...

After years of a shortened crab fishing season aimed at preventing whale entanglements off the West Coast, California ...

A recent study published by Portland State University discovered a variety of microplastics in 180 out of 182 tested seafood ...

If you're in North Carolina, be careful where you swim. These are the most gator-infested waters in the entire state.

Like all nonnative reptile species, green iguanas aren't protected in Florida except by anti-cruelty law and can be humanely ...

Whiskeytown and other California waters are in danger of being invaded by 1 of the state's latest invasive species, golden mussels. Here's how to help ...

From the adorable but deadly pine marten to the massive sperm whale, get to know some of the amazing animals that call ...

A wave of sea lions off the coast of Southern California have been sickened by an algae-produced toxin that makes them ...

Researchers studying pharmaceutical pollution tracked salmon that had been exposed to anti-anxiety medication. The fish appeared to lose their inhibitions.

Doctoral candidate Jérémy de Bonville discovered crucial information for climate change scientists — and he did it using fish ...

Local experts are cautioning beachgoers to “share the shore” after a young elephant seal was found lounging on the Seaside ...

A PEOPLE staffer rode along as a rescued manatee named Owa was returned to the wild after three months of rehabilitation at ...