The joy and drama of life are on simultaneous display as sea turtle hatchlings dash across the beach of Heron Island to the ocean under the preying eyes of silver gulls.

Every fall, Lake Superior’s Silver Harbour Conservation Area becomes the spawning ground for mass aggregations of whitefish under the cover of night.

Conservationists that don’t stay up to date on the scientific research are likely to endorse ineffective policy solutions, but when scientists and conservationists work together, both groups benefi

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Highly venomous olive sea snakes most often "attack" divers during mating season, chasing them and sometimes even biting them, in what might be a case of mistaken identity.

Tuna, historically overfished, are on the road to recovery, but more sharks and rays are now listed as threatened with extinction, according to this month's IUCN Red List Update.

Ninety-six percent of the films included in the study represented sharks as potentially threatening to humans.