The deep sea, a realm of perpetual darkness, crushing pressure, and cold temperatures, is home to some of the most unusual ...

To survive the deep ocean, sea creatures need all kinds of adaptations that give them alien-like appearances, like huge eyes ...

Sea urchins look like an inanimate bundle of needles, but a closer look at these alien-like creatures reveals a surprisingly ...

The natural world is full of diversity, and among the billions of species, some stand out for their truly unusual and odd ...

One of the coolest pieces of irony about our planet is that the ocean covers most of the surface of the Earth, and yet, the ...

Scientists are revolutionizing how new marine species are described through the Ocean Species Discoveries initiative. Using advanced lab techniques, researchers recently unveiled 14 new species from ...

A deep-sea fish species with unusual cheek patterns has been discovered in the South China Sea after it was listed on online seafood markets. The fish has been named Branchiostegus sanae because its ...

The knotty sea spider, Pycnogonum litorale, is not actually a spider, but it does represent a significant early branch in the genetic family tree that includes spiders, as well as scorpions, ticks and ...

A “strange” creature recorded in the deep waters off the coast of Japan represents an exceptionally rare kind of discovery. With a body shaped like Mount Fuji, the new-to-science sea anemone is not ...

There are some quite mysterious and strange creatures lurking in the deepest parts of the world’s oceans. Watch the latest ...