The world watched as each country’s best athletes competed at the 2026 Winter Olympics. What viewers missed was the mountain of single-use plastic waste generated at the games.

Flatback turtles are oceanic homebodies, rarely leaving their residential waters in Australia. Within Australia’s coasts, these sea turtles prefer to stick to the northern waters of the continent, ...

The oceans connect us all. They cover two-thirds of our blue planet and contain most of the life on Earth. They are as important to us as they are vast. But the oceans face many threats — from ...

Did you know some adult fish are unrecognizable from their juvenile looks? Whether its to help them camouflage with their surroundings or keep predators away, each of these juveniles are uniquely ...

The striped pyjama squid is a relatively small species, reaching a body length of only about 7 centimeters (2.8 inches). Despite their name, the striped pyjama squid is actually a type of cuttlefish, ...

Acorn barnacles live among the rocky shores of the north Atlantic Ocean as well as the north-east Pacific Ocean. They begin their lives as free-floating larvae, which eventually settle on a surface ...

Known for its distinctive yellow-green color, the yellow tube sponge can live as a single tube or in clusters. Like corals, they are stationary animals that live in one place their whole life. As ...

Pacific angelsharks are a small, bottom-dwelling shark that loves to hang out on sandy seafloors, in shallow bays, estuaries, and even around rocky reefs and kelp forests. Males grow to be almost 1.2 ...

Scalloped hammerheads get their name from the prominent indentation at midline and distinct notches along the front edge of their wide, flattened heads—called a cephalofoil. Scientists have several ...

These large coastal sharks can grow to be up to 3 meters (10 feet) long, although sizes around 2.3-2.4 meters (7.5 -8 feet) are more common. Their most notable feature is two sensory barbels that hang ...

Found in shallow, coastal waters from central California to the Gulf of Mexico, the shovelnose guitarfish inhabits bays, sloughs, and estuaries, typically settling on soft sandy or muddy bottoms. Its ...

Whitetip reef sharks face threats from overfishing and habitat degradation. As a result, the species is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. While not often specifically targeted, whitetip reef ...