Marine animals can be fascinating and quite beautiful. However, you should not approach some of them. Certain fish and ...

Deep-sea creatures exhibit gigantism, with football-sized eyes and van-sized sponges thriving in crushing darkness. These colossal animals, like gian ...

As companies search underwater for resources, scientists are taking inventory of the ocean-dwelling creatures that could be ...

Scientists have long assumed the deep-sea Alicella gigantea was an uncommon survivor of the abyss.

Lanice spongicola lives on a glass sponge, a deep-sea sponge with a skeleton made of silica, that rises from hard rock. The ...

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

From giant stick bugs to rarely seen sea creatures, these animal videos fascinated us—and led to new scientific discoveries.

The vast array of organisms in the deep sea remains a mystery to humans. Now, marine biologists can add one more puzzle to the list. A collection of odd materials was discovered nearly four miles ...

Scientists say sea monster is a new kind of animal. This unidentified specimen belonging within Relicanthidae is a sea creature that was previously thought to be a giant sea anemone (order Actiniaria) ...

From shallow reefs to pitch-black depths, the ocean is alive with sparkling lights. Fish, squid, clams and plankton have found a wide range of ways to glow, shimmer and flash, lighting up the dark ...

Nature never stops amazing us with creatures that seem straight out of a sci-fi flick. Be it deep-sea oddballs or backyard buddies, animals pull off tricks that leave people wondering if that is even ...