It’s hard to believe that anything could live here, but these deep-sea hydrothermal vents are teaming with life, including species yet to be discovered. In December 2016, researchers operating a ...

A deep sea creature known for living hundreds of meters below the water's surface in the darkness of the deep ocean was photographed in broad daylight last week — in what researchers are saying may be ...

In shallow murkey water in Colombia, a miniature creature appeared with a mysterious skin flap ... rex is recorded from small ...

Nearly a dozen miles off the California coast on a foggy October morning, a crane lifts a boxy yellow robot off the deck of the research vessel Rachel Carson and lowers it into Monterey Bay’s choppy ...

The Barreleye fish’s see-through head is a rare and incredible feature, giving it an almost otherworldly appearance. It can ...

A content creator was recently walking along the beach on the Isle of Wight when they got the opportunity to both spot a rare sea creature and help it. TikTok user fionathehappymushroom ...

Researchers studying crustaceans in Vietnam have identified a new "supergiant" sea bug species that bears a surprising resemblance to a classic movie villain. Deep-sea sea bugs, or the Bathynomus ...

For most creatures, finding a mate here is a near-impossible task. Deep-sea anglerfish (Ceratioidei), however, have adapted to this problem in extraordinary ways. Male anglerfish are tiny — sometimes ...

Last year, scientists encountered a marine creature that turned heads and sparked excitement ... The Palau nautilus is a master of the deep, and its subtle movements through the water column fascinate ...

But once nerves had settled, they returned to the site, only to discover the so-called alien was actually a rare marine creature washed ashore from the ... normally dwelling in the depths of the sea. ...

The overall body structure of Bathynomus crustaceans is similar to many shallow-water cirolanids — the isopod family it belongs to — but these deep-sea creatures have evolved to be ...

Scientists have newly identified a "supergiant" sea bug species after purchasing crustaceans from fishermen and restaurants in Vietnam to study the growing popularity of the creatures as a local ...