Cephalopods—the class of animals that comprises octopuses and squids—are ubiquitous throughout the ocean, including in the ...

Only 1.5 centimeters in length on average, these new jellyfish have 24 eyes located in four sensory organs, which together ...

A bizarre encounter with a strange species that feels otherworldly. Ryan Seacrest fans rally around him after seeing his ...

The tiny pantheon known as the Asgard archaea bear traits that hint at how plants, animals and fungi emerged on Earth.

The discovery In May 1925 provided fodder for the argument between creationists and evolutionary biologists, but what does ...

A spherical sea sponge discovered in Antarctica, Carnivorous cladorhizid, is a carnivore, trapping and devouring live animals ...

A new study shows that Cleveland's famous sea monster Dunkleosteus terrelli actually had a more normal size and jaw than ...

A process to extract metals from their ore with hydrogen could make deep-sea mining for valuable materials more sustainable than mining on land, a new study claims. Swathes of the ocean floor are ...

These three fish are freaks, phantoms and mysteries of the deep. Here’s what we’ve learned from the rare glimpses we’ve had of their lives. The deep sea is one of Earth’s final frontiers. Given its ...

Meet the “ghost fish,” a phantom of the abyss. Here’s how we found the first ever proof of its existence just a few years ago. The deep sea is a part of the world that very few humans get the chance ...

A ginkgo-toothed beaked whale. Credit: C. Hayslip / CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Scientists working in Baja California in June 2024 made a discovery never recorded in the wild. A sea creature never seen alive ...