During the Ediacaran period, the critter wriggled around on the ocean floor of what’s now South Australia and preferred to ...

A two-week expedition off the coast of Brazil has identified 31 previously unknown deep-sea species, many with forms so ...

Deep beneath the ocean surface, where sunlight disappears and strange creatures rule the darkness, a creature exists that ...

After a two week expedition off the coast of Brazil, an international team of researchers discovered 31 new marine species, ...

Supergiant deep-sea isopods endure years without food by pairing an enlarged stomach with cold-adapted metabolic control.

During a robotic exploration of the the ocean's abyssopelagic zone, scientists discovered never-before-seen, jet-black eggs attached to a rock. After further study and DNA examination, the team ...

Deep beneath the oceans' crashing waves lies a hidden landscape more alien than many of us could ever dream. Below the ...

Thus far, our search for extraterrestrial life points toward Clarke’s former point, suggesting that our little blue dot is nothing more than a miraculous anomaly. But what if we could change that?

These videos feature a spookfish so alien that it seems like a sci-fi concoction, as well as thermal vents spewing life-forming materials into the depths of the Atlantic ...

For 2,000 years sailors fled it as a sea monster. The giant oarfish is real, it's 36 feet long, and scientists barely know it ...

A closer look at the sea stars around the Gulf of Maine reveals creatures far stranger and more fascinating than their simple ...

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