For over a century, scientists have wrestled with one of biology’s most fundamental mysteries: how the first animals evolved.

Ever wonder what the very first animal on Earth was? 🐾 Scientists believe they’ve finally figured it out, and it’s not what you’d expect! It wasn’t a dinosaur or a giant sea creature—it was a simple, ...

Comb jellies are also known as ctenophores or sea ... The team suspected that the fusion was triggered by injuries in both animals. The researchers attempted to recreate the fusion process by ...

The Venus girdle (Cestum veneris) is a mesmerizing comb jelly that glides through tropical and subtropical oceans with its ribbon-like, transparent body. Its iridescent cilia refract light into ...

Discovery of a 700-million-year-old creature rewrites the story of animal evolution, revealing surprising new origins of life ...

The deep sea remains one of the most mysterious and least explored places on Earth. Home to countless unknown species and ...

Comb jellies get their name from the frilly comb ... As the day wears on, the tiny prey animals move and the jellies follow them. In this case, they appear to have been in the wrong place at ...

From ziplining at Catalina Island to catching a live jazz show on a farm, here are 25 ways kick off your ultimate summer in L ...

We know surprisingly little about the deep ocean or the strange creatures that live there. These unusual animals have evolved ...

Jacob Harrell teamed up with OceanX to film the event in the Indian Ocean after being inspired by a Disney+ show ...

As the world prepares to celebrate World Ocean Day, National Geographic is making waves with the premiere of Ocean with David ...