Sea creatures have adapted to help them thrive in extreme environments. Unusual features allow them to live thousands of feet below the surface. Underwater robots give researchers a glimpse at some of ...

More than 15,000 images were submitted to the 2025 contest from around the globe. Penguins off the coast of Antarctica ...

Sea Otter Awareness Week is celebrated annually from September 21 to September 27 to highlight not only why the keystone ...

Sometimes it’s hard to draw a line between the two. Humans have explored less than 2% of the ocean floor, and dozens of new species of deep-sea creatures are discovered with every dive. This article ...

An entire world lives deep under the ocean’s surface, far from human notice and as bustling as any city. Animals such as tubeworms and clams live crowded around plumes of methane that bubble up ...

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 ...

While exploring the ocean in a deep-sea submersible, scientists say they discovered a flourishing ecosystem capable of ...

Barreleye fish are named for their unique, barrel-shaped eyes. These eyes can rotate, allowing the fish to look both upward and straight ahead. Their eyes also have bright green lenses protected ...

Marine researchers on a mission to record life hidden in the world's oceans have reported they found about 100 potential new species - including one mystery starlike creature. The expedition team ...

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) ...

The sea is home to countless species of marine life, with humans sometimes coming into contact with them. Some beachgoers got a shock when a 'cute' creature started lunging towards them in the ocean ...