A saltwater aquarium is an exotic and striking addition to the home. But more than a striking piece of furniture, it’s a living habitat that is both enthralling and engaging thanks to the vibrant ...

By Edward Carver The United States is the main market for “ornamental” marine fish, those that end up as pets in aquariums.

The first signs of trouble came in the mid-2000s. A strikingly beautiful, highly venomous animal called the lionfish—first spotted outside its native range in the Indo-Pacific in the 1980s—seemed to ...

A single research expedition in 2022 is helping scientists chart even more remarkable marine species across the ocean. Researchers have discovered two new deep-sea species—a lanternshark and a porcela ...

An analysis of marine fossils from the Upper Miocene Chagres Formation in Panama, most belonging to the Myctophidae family, ...