Museum researchers reconstructed the evolutionary history of stony corals over the past 460 million years, providing insights ...

The entire body of a sea urchin is what researchers are now calling an “all-body brain,” with neurons that function as a ...

Fragments of rubber balloons, plastic bags and fishing line can cause fatal blockages and injuries in sea turtles, seabirds ...

When most of us picture the ocean, we imagine turquoise waves, colorful reefs, and shoals of darting fish. But that’s only the surface. Venture deeper, far below the last reach of sunlight, and you ...

Sophia is your community news reporter covering the North Coast of San Luis Obispo County, including Los Osos, Morro Bay, Cayucos, Cambria and San Simeon. It’s Sea Otter Awareness Week, which has been ...

The California sea otter, once hunted to the edge of extinction, has staged a thrilling comeback in the last century. Now, a team of scientists has discovered that the otters' success story has led to ...

The ocean is awash with plastic— more than 171 trillion pieces, scientists have estimated, and growing all the time. Animals ...

For centuries, naturalists have puzzled over what might constitute the head of a sea star, commonly called a “starfish.” When looking at a worm, or a fish, it’s clear which end is the head and which ...

The purpose of “Aquarium After Dark” is to help visitors see some of the few animals that are particularly active at night, ...

SAN DIEGO — A troubling situation is unfolding along the San Diego coastline as a dangerous algae bloom leads to an alarming rise in sea lions falling seriously ill. The bloom has caused a significant ...