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We’re all familiar with La Jolla’s sea lions, harbor seals, orcas, garibaldi and seabirds. But in this series of stories called Species of the Month, the Light sheds light on other, lesser-known ...

Fossils of a tiny sea creature that lived 525 million years ago have preserved something paleontologists rarely find: a brain. The specimen, a worm-like animal called Cardiodictyon catenulum recovered ...

Paleontologists have revealed a giant new species of prehistoric "worm lizard" with a powerful bite that is the largest of its kind found to date. The newly identified creature, named ...

Reconstruction of Shaihuludia shurikeni from the Spence Shale of Utah. Artistic reconstruction of an adult specimen by Rhiannon LaVine. Courtesy of Rhiannon LaVine, University of Kansas Researcher ...

Have you ever seen a long, slithering creature in your backyard and wondered whether it is a snake? In India, which is home to a variety of wild creatures living in the midst of busy villages and ...

Despite their name, Christmas tree worms aren’t going to eat up fir and pine trees often used during the holiday season, scientists say. The creatures live in the ocean. Matt Hardy via Unsplash If you ...

Scuba diving scientists found sea creatures with “spaghetti”-like tentacles on coral reefs of Polynesia and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Getty Images / iStockphoto Plunging into ...