It turns out these balls of spikes are actually 5-sided echinoderms and thus related to starfish! We look at their beautiful ...

Till thou at length art free, / Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea! Oddly, collectors didn't much care about the animals that actually built the shells. Holmes, for instance ...

‘The Peel Hill seabed and Fenella beach will gradually return to a more natural state,’ he said, ‘and will undoubtedly ...

When we picture sea turtles in the wild, it's easy to envision them as armored warriors—their hard, resilient shells serving as near-impenetrable shields against oceanic threats like sharks. These ...

When we picture sea turtles in the wild, it's easy to envision them as armored warriors—their hard, resilient shells serving as near-impenetrable shields against oceanic threats like sharks.