A new sea anemone species, Paracalliactis tsukisome, builds shell-like homes and share them with hermit crabs - a rare, ...

Collecting seashells on the beach may be a fun pastime for many. Looking at the wide variety of shells you can find, you may wonder what creature was living in it before it washed up onshore. But, ...

A global review of tiny sea animals called foraminifera has identified 57 new living species, including three from NZ waters.

The brilliant iridescent hues found in ammolite come from tiny air gaps in the fossils’ layers, a new study finds.

Shell is walking away from two major floating offshore wind projects off the north-east coast of Scotland in a blow to the nascent industry that forms a key part of the move towards decarbonisation.

Research teams from the Academia Sinica and National Taiwan University have documented the first discovery of five freshwater ...

Unlike typical sea anemones, which lack hard skeletons, the new species secretes a shell-like structure - known as a ...