The deep sea is full of surprises, hiding creatures that look like they belong in a sci-fi movie rather than our oceans. These rare animals have adapted in incredible ways to live in a world of ...

Scientists say they have discovered three previously unknown, unnamed species of sea spider off the U.S. West Coast that ...

Heat-trapping methane may be best known for the dangers it poses to humans and Earth’s atmosphere, but in the dark depths of ...

Researchers said they named the new species after the Nansei Islands near the Okinawa Trough where it was first discovered and, so far, the only area where it has been found. The Nansei Islands., also ...

This previously unknown symbiotic relationship helps keep methane—a major greenhouse gas—trapped in the ocean.

CaveCreek4.jpg Penelope Donahue points out fossils in the limestone of the opening of Cave Creek Cave while on a June 8 hike in Santa Fe National Forest. The limestone, which is around 300 million ...

Biology professor Shana Goffredi calls these new curious creatures “extremely adorable” — although arachnophobes may disagree ...

Scientists on a research expedition in the Southern Ocean captured the first footage of a living Gonatus antarcticus squid. The colorful, three-foot squid species was only known to scientists ...

Explore the mysterious world of deep-sea crabs and uncover just how dangerous these armored predators really are. From crushing claws to toxic defenses, learn the surprising ways these elusive ...

The latest addition is the Marine Organismal Body Size (MOBS) database, an open-access resource that—as its name implies—has ...

Vibrant deep-sea creature discovered at fish ... rocky reef bottom or slope at the lower mesophotic or rariphotic zones” — a range of about 490 feet to 1,014 feet deep where very little ...

Two giant snail species, Gargantua and Pantagruel, were discovered near black smoker chimneys at Mid-Atlantic hydrothermal vents. Learn more about these finds.