Some shark species reside in the deepest, darkest, coldest regions of Earth’s oceans, rarely seen by humans. With ...

Scientists say they have discovered three previously unknown, unnamed species of sea spider off the U.S. West Coast that ...

The research offers new insights on interactions between creatures on the mysterious seafloor and sheds light on the methane ...

With ear-like fins that flap gracefully through the water, this Dumbo octopus looks like it waltzed straight out of an ...

Three newly-discovered species of deep sea 'spiders' farm methane-eating bacteria on their own bodies in a symbiosis quite ...

Biology professor Shana Goffredi calls these new curious creatures “extremely adorable” — although arachnophobes may disagree ...

The latest addition is the Marine Organizational Body Size (MOBS) database, an open-access resource that—as its name ...

Jaws' brought sharks and the ocean into the forefront of the public's imagination 50 years ago. Let's use this anniversary to ...

From hand-sized lantern sharks that glow in the deep sea to bus-sized whale sharks gliding through tropical waters, sharks ...

Art often imitates life, and sometimes animals do, too. The enormous jellyfish seen in this YouTube video bears a striking ...

Out in the waters off Spain’s southern coast, something quietly groundbreaking is taking shape literally beneath the ...

A new study reveals that sharks, despite their vast range in size and shape, follow the centuries-old two-thirds scaling law, ...