When most of us picture the ocean, we imagine turquoise waves, colorful reefs, and shoals of darting fish. But that’s only the surface. Venture deeper, far below the last reach of sunlight, and you ...

Journey underwater to discover eight of the strangest sea creatures, thriving in pitch darkness with fascinating, ...

About 5,000 species of crustaceans in the order Isopoda live in Earth’s oceans. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, they all have two pairs of antennae, compound eyes, ...

You will have a hard time finding anyone who finds deep-sea creatures cute. Most people find those skeletal, ghostly, ...

Antarctica holds many secrets. It is the most mysterious on-land place on Earth. Recently, scientists found a "new" creature that only appeared because of us.

An underwater voyage has revealed a network of creatures thriving at the bottom of deep-sea ocean trenches. In these extreme environments, the crushing pressure, scant food and lack of sunlight can ...

A new deep-sea coral species in the tropical western Pacific that resembles a highly recognizable character from Star Wars ...

Marine animals living in the cold, dark depths of the ocean are interconnected across the world by a hidden “superhighway”, a groundbreaking new study suggests. The research, published in the journal ...