Off the coast of Japan, thousands of feet below the surface, the seafloor explodes with heat. Cracks and vents in the rocky sediment allow boiling seawater heated by subterranean magma to shoot ...

In a river valley of Tibet, a pointy creature with a “ribbed” shell inched its way along a branch. Its multicolored body blended in with the surroundings — but not well enough. Visiting ...

A Real Bug’s Life returns for another season of microscopic and dynamic worlds. This new season of the National Geographic series follows new creatures ranging from a hermit crab looking for its ...

The green turtle is a large, weighty sea turtle with a wide, smooth carapace, or shell. It inhabits tropical and subtropical coastal waters around the world and has been observed clambering onto ...

Fossils of them are found all around the world, sometimes in very large concentrations. The often tightly wound shells of ammonites may be a familiar sight, but how much do you know about the animals ...

They noticed a shelled creature near the hydrothermal vents and collected a specimen to bring back to the surface for further study. The shell was completely translucent, revealing the scallop ...