The Cambrian Explosion was a weird time for the creatures of planet Earth. It was a period of impressive change and growth, ...

Scientists have long focused on quantifying fear and other negative emotions in animals. Now they’re trying to measure ...

These cartoons about the beach can get your kids excited about the beach and teach them valuable life lessons at the same ...

Viewed from above, the slipper lobster reveals an unexpected face — armoured, grinning, and faintly unsettling.

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PBS NC helps your community explore new worlds and ideas through programs that educate, inform and inspire. Your ...

Scientists from the California Academy of Sciences described 72 new species last year, from elegant birds to strange sea ...

Photis Gaitanos’ rough fingers adroitly untangle the venomous spikes of a lionfish from a net, throwing the exotic-looking ...

A diver in Monterey Bay recently had a close encounter with a deep-sea fish normally found at depths of 3,000 feet, NOAA ...

Named for their plump, pink, and rounded bodies, sea pigs are very abundant, but you are unlikely to ever see one, living as ...

Few have explored the ocean’s deepest depths – but those rare few have shared images of the strangest, most mysterious ...

Exceptionally preserved fossils from the Ediacaran period challenge what scientists thought was possible in sandstone. In the fossil record, creatures without hard shells or skeletons, such as ...