Mediterranean countries have been sweltering in a heatwave for several days, prompting health warnings and alerts about ...

Higher temperatures in the Adriatic Sea are encouraging invasive species such as the poisonous lionfish, while also causing further stress on alpine glaciers that are already shrinking at record rates ...

Near a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo sat a temporary pond, doomed to dry up eventually. Inside swam a “rainbow” creature with “large” yellow eyes. Something about it caught the ...

The species was named Sphyragnathus tyche, combining Greek words “sphyra,” meaning hammer and “gnathus,” meaning jaw for the ...

SEA LIFE London Aquarium has made a splash in support of England's women's football team by renaming its popular Lionfish in ...

Ocean drifters once thought identical are actually several species. Genetics and ocean modeling uncover unexpected isolation.

Firefighters mobilised in several countries to tackle blazes as southern Europeans sought shelter from punishing temperatures ...

Authorities across Southern Europe urged people to seek shelter Sunday and protect the most vulnerable as punishing ...

The offspring of crosses between related species can sometimes fill a new environmental niche, and such hybridizations may even lead to speciation. Ashley started at The Scientist in 2018. Before ...