The La Jolla-based Scripps Institution of Oceanography is no stranger to getting calls from the public with questions about marine species found along local shores. Some callers wonder what something ...

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

Scientists trawling the seafloor along northwestern Africa discovered a new animal species, the study said. Photo shows a representative area of Guinea-Bissau. Photo from Guinea-Bissau's Institute of ...