Elise Poore

Erratically thrashing and whirling smalltooth sawfish are stranding on beaches — and scientists don't know why they're behaving this way.

First-of-its-kind footage captures two coral snakes fighting over a wormlike creature in western Colombia.

Technical scuba divers found a rare pink handfish hidden among the wreckage of the SS Tasman.

A new species of deep-sea chimaera with a ghoulish appearance has been discovered in the Andaman Sea.

Video footage captures an egg-laying amphibian "nursing" its babies with a nutritious liquid similar to mammalian milk.

New research using artificial intelligence reveals that a decline in the North Pacific population of humpback whales between 2012 and 2021 coincided with the strongest marine heat wave recorded globally.

3D reconstructions of over 13,000 specimens have been collected as part of a collaborative project called openVertebrate.

Unlike other sea spiders that carry their eggs on their backs, male giant antarctic sea spiders spend two days gluing their eggs to the seafloor.

The adorable 1-year-old male calf was filmed enjoying playtime in Kruger National Park in South Africa.

Remotely operated vehicle on a research dive captures close-up video of a beady-eyed gulper eel with a parasitic copepod permanently attached to its body.

First ever documented evidence of a fungus, suspected to be a Mycena species, growing on the body of a seemingly healthy frog.

Schmidt Ocean Institute spots a bioluminescent deep-sea worm that creates a hypnotizing display as it swims in circles.

Video footage from a new series captures thousands of ants building a living-raft to save the colony from drowning in a swimming pool.

Cockroach larvae filmed hatching from their egg case in gruesome footage from National Geographic's "A Real Bug's Life."

Why are whales so big? Why are giraffe's necks so long? Here are the origins of 10 iconic features in the animal kingdom.

Rare sightings and haunting creatures of the deep appeared on beaches around the world this year — here are 10

A huge volcanic fissure appeared in Iceland on Dec. 18, spewing lava up to 100 feet into the air — and the eruption has been captured in incredible pictures.

Tarantulas use their "hair" for all kinds of things, including smelling and tasting.

Researchers have discovered the first evidence that male tardigrades can find females by scent.

Two new species of pygmy squid have been discovered off Okinawa and named after mythical creatures.

Scientists found a potential cause of a mysterious die-off of African savanna elephants in 2020 after they discovered deadly bacteria lurking in six corpses.