An Australian teenager had a lucky escape after being bitten by one of the world's most toxic animals, a blue-ringed octopus, after accidentally picking up the deadly cephalopod hiding in a shell. But ...

Arctic ringed seals face numerous threats. A study recently published in Environmental Research found that toxins may pose health risks to the animals and that rising temperatures ...

A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals that the Saimaa ringed seal is evolutionarily more differentiated than previously known. In fact, the study suggests ...

ENOSHIMA, Japan As snack bars start to reopen and windsurfers drift back to this popular beach town south of Tokyo, few denizens are aware that they're sharing real estate with one of the most lethal ...

The Blue-lined Octopus is a species of octopus famous for its highly toxic tetrodotoxin, and inhabits the shallow waters and coral reefs of the Western Pacific Ocean from the Ogasawara Islands and the ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – Polar bears get fat eating ringed seals, and to avoid that fate, Alaska’s smallest pinniped digs out snow caves on the sea ice, where they surface to breathe and give birth.

Saimaa ringed seal mothers and their newborns have huddled in pupping lairs along the shores of this inland archipelago in southeastern Finland since time immemorial. Expectant females shape their ...

Rose-ringed parakeets can be identified by their long tails (about the same length as their lime-green bodies), red beaks and loud call. Mature male parakeets have a black or rose-colored ring around ...

Ringed seals (Phoca (pusa) hispida), which are the most abundant seals in the Arctic, rely on stable sea ice to survive. The ice is where they rest, molt and reproduce. But that ice is disappearing.