I previously introduced part of my home aquarium, but there is actually one more resident (or should I say, one more creature ...

A trio of biologists and environmental scientists, two with the University of Fribourg and the third with the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, has found that fully aquatic mammals, such as whales ...

Research sometimes means looking for one thing and finding another. Such was the case when biology professor Alice Gibb and her research team at Northern Arizona University witnessed a small ...

Dream Tunnel™, produced by Vortex Aquatic Structures Intl, is the world's first fully immersive aquatic attraction. Using the power of water and cutting-edge technology, it provides guests of all ages ...

A fossil from about 40 million years ago found in Egypt may shed light on how whales acclimated to living fully under water, according to a peer-reviewed study published in Communications Biology in ...

Here are some well-known examples: All these water-only mammals share special characteristics that help them live in water. Their bodies are adapted to move smoothly through water, and their limbs ...

A new study shows that the similarly smooth, nearly hairless skin of whales and hippopotamuses evolved independently. The work suggests that their last common ancestor was likely a land-dwelling ...