Nature does it again! The natural world has a knack for giving us the blueprints for some useful technologies, and the humble sea urchin is the latest contributor. Scientists have designed a new class ...

Follow Our Changing World on Apple, Spotify, iHeartRadio or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Off the Tutukākā coast of Northland, the Poor Knights Islands marine reserve is world-renowned as a ...

Once abundant in California, the white abalone had all but vanished. Now, thanks to an innovative breeding program, it’s staged a remarkable comeback ...

The Hideup Coike — a strange spiny bait resembling a sea urchin — is quickly becoming one of the hottest bass lures in the country. Learn how anglers are rigging and fishing this unique bait.

Some creatures with the most unique eyes in the world When we think about how animals experience the world, one of the first things that comes to mind is their eyes. And for good reason– nature has ...

Why did our ancestors ditch the shell and start growing babies inside their bodies instead? In this episode of Big Ideas, ...

Pupa U. P. A. Gilbert is in the Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA, and the Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, ...

The cataclysmic end-Permian mass extinction and extreme global warming prompted the emergence of modern marine ecosystems at the beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs (or Mesozoic era), some 252 million ...

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

Not all animals have brains, and all of them happen to be sea creatures. From the man-o-war to the sea cucumber, here are 12 animals that don’t have a brain and a quick look at how the heck they ...

Sharks might not be a natural biological group, with most species potentially closer kin to rays than to an oddball group of sharks.

“Predator: Badlands” hit 9 million views on Hulu since making its streaming debut over the weekend, becoming the platform’s best film premiere since the sci-series’ last live-action film “Prey” in ...