marine life

Marine animals could die off at a level rivaling the biggest mass extinctions in geologic history if people don’t curb greenhouse gas emissions.

Mystic Aquarium and Make-A-Wish help make one child’s dream come true full of penguins and beluga whales.

Decked out in a Mystic Aquarium uniform just his size, a 5-year-old Make-A-Wish child from Maine came to Connecticut to become a penguin trainer.

Beachgoers headed to the Rhode Island beaches will have to keep a close eye out for the Portuguese man o’ war.

A beachgoer came across a rare find on his morning stroll when he saw a weird looking fish washed ashore at Newport Beach.

Mitten crabs, an invasive crab species not native to Connecticut, are being monitored by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP). This after several were recently found in the Housatonic River.  DEEP wants people to be on the lookout for this very distinctive-looking crab. It has six thin, spider-like legs and two claws with white tips that look like…

Thousands of predatory marine worms with hooked jaws were spotted swarming off the coast of South Carolina.

Shark sightings are down as a result of less people out on the water but sharks are still expected to be out in regular levels around Cape waters.

Scientists have been unable to travel the last two months and that has impacted their ability to gather the research they need to track right whales and their patterns

This is typically a busy time of year for research scientists who would otherwise be tracking and photographing North Atlantic right whales as they make their way to Canada, but COVID-19 has put a pause on their research and it could have a lasting impacting on critical data. “We’ve been studying them in detail for 40 years,” explains Philip Hamilton,…

Mystic Aquarium is upset about a bill that would bring an end to its beluga whale research program.

Scientists are unsure why the horseshoe crab population has declined in recent years, but some say it’s time to take action.

Known as living fossils, horseshoe crabs have been around for hundreds of millions of years. The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection says according to reports, over the last 10, their population in the region has declined significantly. The reason for that decline is unknown. DEEP says one trawl survey they did shows that the horseshoe crab population appears to…

With a declining population in the Long Island Sound, there is a push to bring an end to harvesting horseshoe crabs.