Their residence attracts shrimp, fish and many other creatures. These deep-sea oases are just some of many areas of the ocean floor that scientists are only beginning to explore, discovering new ...

The cephalopod was first discovered in 1925 when scientists found arm fragments from two squid in the belly of a sperm whale.

To capture its prey, the Tiburonia granrojo does not use stinging tentacles, as do the majority of jellies; it deploys long fleshy arms. Little else is currently know about this creature.

That started to change with mounting clues: squid beaks and body parts discovered in the stomachs of sperm whales, and ...

Therefore sea pigs - and other deep-sea creatures - can look very different on the surface than they do in their natural habitat. The sea pig, for example, is typically more uniform when crawling ...

These are 7 of the most unique and weird-looking sea creatures known to mankind.Image credits: Canva This deep sea slug amounting to the size of only 1cm is one of the rarest herbivores in the ...

A new study analyzes the evolutionary history of 11 deep-sea species from environments stretching from the central Indian ...

Love is weird in the deep sea. In some species, tiny male anglerfish fuse permanently to the much larger female—literally becoming part of her body. He provides sperm; she provides everything else.

Iceberg A-84 broke off from Antarctica and revealed a thriving community of sea creatures underneath ... below the surface of the ocean. "Normally, deep-sea ecosystems get their nutrients from ...