Blue crabs, bluebirds, beetles and many more creatures can be spotted in and around the bay—and scientists at the Smithsonian ...

Almost all animals have symmetrical bodies. Bilateral symmetry is almost universal in all animals and is only very rarely ...

A fish thought to be evolution’s time capsule just surprised scientists. A detailed dissection of the coelacanth — a 400-million-year-old species often called a “living fossil” — revealed that key ...

To most anglers, a "sucker" is the last fish they want to see on the end of their line. But to the scientists who study these ...

The vastness of the Pacific Ocean holds countless mysteries, some of which are more awe-inspiring than others. Recently, a ...