Darkness dominates most of the ocean. Sunlight fades quickly as you descend, and by the time you reach the deep sea, natural ...

Newly discovered organisms are still showing us just how little we know about life in the oceans; this includes a new type of ...

Scientists are using tagged sharks as mobile sensors to collect ocean data, improving climate forecasts by up to 40%.

Study reveals a 60-foot kraken-like octopus that may have rivaled ocean predators, reshaping views of ancient marine ...

The Kraken is a huge tentacled sea monster from Norse folklore that drags ships and sailors down into the deep.

Some octopuses that lived over 72 million years ago were as long as whales. These huge predators may have been the largest ...

Dunkleosteus ruled a restless Devonian ocean, where armor met innovation. Here’s how modern science is rewriting the story of ...

“These findings revise the view of the Cretaceous ocean as a world dominated only by large vertebrate predators,” study ...

The legend of the Kraken likely stems from real encounters with giant squids, deep-sea predators equipped with powerful tentacles and sharp beaks. These animals use suction-lined arms and sometimes ...

Fear is a universal experience in the animal kingdom. For many species, survival depends on being exquisitely tuned to ...