March 29, 2018 'Demonic' fish with spikes of armor glows red in terrifying photo The Pacific spiny lumpsucker is a funny-looking fish with a round body, bubbly eyes and a mouth agape.
March 21, 2018 4 up-close encounters with sea creatures Sharks and whales and manatees—oh my! For a kid fascinated by marine life, there’s nothing more exciting than interacting with a finned friend in its natural habitat. Got a water baby in your family? Here are four encounters that let you get up-close and personal with some not-so-scary sea creatures.
March 21, 2018 Amazing places to swim with sharks Nothing sends ocean swimmers fleeing for shore faster than a fin sighting. The word shark alone is enough to scare most people, immediately calling to mind the menacing theme song for the movie "Jaws"—and, of course, all the gruesome attack scenes therein. But some people look past the sensationalism and all those razor-sharp teeth (up to 15 rows of them) to see sharks for what they really are—streamlined, beautiful animals that are fantastically adapted to their environment. (There’s a reason they’ve been around for 64 million years.) For those brave souls, the thrill of floating alongside these big fish far outweighs the fright. And in truth, many sharks pose a bigger threat to plankton than to surfers or other fish—though swimming alongside them still lends plenty of bragging rights. In order to do it, you’ll need a boat (in most cases, anyway) and local knowledge to find the fish. The surest bet is to hire a local guide service or naturalist who can take you out, outfit you with snorkels or dive gear, and—perhaps most important—let you know how close is too close. We scoured the globe to come up with some great guide services that offer you a glimpse inside the watery world of the oceans’ most-feared fish. They’ll take you on daylong dive and snorkeling charters, set you up on a live-aboard yacht for extended, all-inclusive trips, and even load you into a deep-sea submersible to get a Cousteau-style look at some seriously creepy (and rare) creatures. That underscores another fascinating fact about sharks—more than the much-maligned Great White, there are 470 species of sharks prowling the world's oceans. There are bus-sized, plankton-eating whale sharks that you can snorkel up to and touch; little lemon sharks that you can lift out of the water (literally, but we don't recommend it…their "nibbles" can cause serious injury); streamlined makos that blast through the water at upwards of 25 mph; bottom-dwelling nurse sharks who are sort of like catfish of the sea; and, yes, 5,000-pound apex predators called Great Whites. It’s up to you what shark you want to see, and how close you want to get. Some you can reach out and touch, others are best kept on the other side of a thick steel cage. With that in mind, here are the best places in the world to get nose-to-snout with sharks.
March 13, 2018 Florida fishermen have close encounter with great white shark A group of men fishing off Florida's Atlantic Coast had a close encounter on Monday with a 14-foot great white shark which one called a "humbling experience."
March 13, 2018 Gigantic monster fish washes up on Australian shore, baffling locals A monster fish that weighs about 330 pounds and was about 6 ½ feet long was found washed up on the Australian shore Tuesday.
February 22, 2018 Cousin of 'world's ugliest animal' found near Australia It's one of the most inaccessible and unexplored places on the planet. Now Australian researchers have managed to haul in creatures from the deepest, darkest depths of the ocean, rarely seen by humans.
February 7, 2018 'Cloverfield' crayfish created a new species of self-replicating female mutants A global invasion is underway. A 10-legged mutant crayfish is on the march throughout the world.
January 22, 2018 Incredible pictures show cormorant catch massive rainbow trout A cormorant who realized he couldn't quite eat his rainbow trout in one swallow has been captured in incredible pictures off the Gulf Coast of Texas.
January 20, 2018 Graphic images show dolphin that choked on octopus in Australia A dolphin was found off the coast of Australia dead after it apparently choked on a large octopus.
December 27, 2017 Starfish making comeback in California after mysterious syndrome killed millions Starfish are fighting their way back to the West Coast, years after a mysterious syndrome killed millions of them.
