Their bodies are too dense and heavy to even float in water, which prevents them from swimming like other aquatic animals.

Highly adaptable, Asian small-clawed otters can thrive in a variety of freshwater aquatic habitats, from swamps and mangrove ...

The two-spotted water hoglouse (Asellus aquaticus) is closely related to woodlice but lives an entirely aquatic life, crawling around among plants and mud. It feeds on decaying animal and plant matter ...

Slow-moving fish and aquatic animals are the most at risk because of their inability to escape the deadly surges. Damage can be both directly from the storm and in the aftermath. "Animals that are ...

It has been nearly three weeks since a Norfolk Southern train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, spilling dangerous chemicals in the area, but the effect the spill has had on aquatic animals is ...

The adults are predators that consume any aquatic animal that can be swallowed, while the young feed on insects, larvae, and organic compounds. The sturgeons’ reproductive capacity is poor ...

The animals prefer water depths between 15 and 100 feet. Like other corals in the Acropora genus, staghorn corals use tiny, stinging tentacles to snatch and eat small aquatic animals known as ...