Life in the Arctic is brutal. Food isn't always readily available, so the fight for food can turn ugly pretty quick. An encounter between a male polar bear and a mother with her cub turns ugly pretty quick. After taking off with her cub after they got too close to the male, it doesn't take long ...

Willingly swimming with what could possibly be the largest great white shark on the planet isn't something you'd ever catch us volunteering for, but marine biologist Ocean Ramsey didn't hesitate when the opportunity presented itself. After spotting an absolutely massive great white with her team ...

Marine fisheries biologist, Greg Skormal, was on a tagging trip in Massachusetts when he received the shock of a lifetime. Skormal was standing on the bow of the ship when a shark leaped from the water right below him with its mouth wide open. While he's had countless experiences with sharks, ...

It may not sound ideal for aircraft wings to start moving mid-flight, but NASA is testing the benefits that outer wing position can provide aerodynamically. This innovative technology of folding the outer portion of wings in flight is part of the Spanwise Adaptive Wing project, or SAW. Flight ...

We've all heard that sharks must constantly swim or they'll die. That doesn't exactly make it seem like they have much time for sleeping; at least not in the traditional sense that we're used to. Researchers made an interesting discovery with the help of a robotic submersible while following a ...

Whether you call them dolphin, dolphinfish, mahimahi, or dorado, there is one thing we can all agree on - they have ferocious appetites, are great aerial fighters, light up with amazing colors, and taste delicious. Now, we have scientific evidence to back up fast they grow, and and how fast they ...

Researchers found that the isolated population of 350 disease-free American plains bison are direct descendants of 20 bison relocated to the area in the 1940s from Yellowstone National Park. The joint study was conducted by scientists from Utah State and Texas A&M universities. The results of ...

An ongoing two-year independent study on trawling and its effect on species that live on sea floors (benthic sea life) where trawling occurs has found that the practice may not be as devastating as it is portrayed by some Non-Goverment Oragnizations. The major data collection and analysis for the ...