CATALINA ISLAND— Catalina Island, one of the eight Channel Islands off the coast of California, is home to a wider diversity of animals than any other Channel Island. Because of
On May 31, California’s Third District Court of Appeal ruled that bees could legally be considered fish. The court reversed a lower court’s ruling for seven agriculture groups who argued
MONTEREY BAY– A recent study has found that octopuses living in the deep sea off the coast of California are breeding faster than expected by strategically laying eggs in the
What researchers have described as a “yellow brick road to Atlantis” is actually an example of ancient active volcanic geology. The road was created through the fracturing of volcanic rock
MONTEREY BAY—In a discovery conducted on March 16 by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) research team, Animals, scientists have uncovered an “unusual” new species of deep-sea jellyfish living in
TORONTO— A study titled, “Do octopuses, squid, and crabs have emotions,” conducted on March 24 by York University in Toronto, has expanded on the mental capabilities of octopuses. Our eight-armed
BRITISH COLUMBIA— A study conducted by Mike Kelly and researchers from Simon Fraser University, published by Biology Letters on March 15, uncovered the first psychological evidence that sharks take a break from the hunt
CHANNEL ISLANDS— Vast mounds of sponges stretching hundreds of meters have been discovered 600 meters down near the Channel Islands. The reef-resembling mounds were first spotted in 2020 during
