According to the National Academy of Science the 3 new species use methane, with the help of bacteria, to get energy.

Creatures referred to by researchers as "methane-powered sea spiders" manage to live on the ocean floor in a way that has not ...

The Pacific Ocean is by far the world's largest ocean, more than five times wider than our moon. But why is the Pacific so big? The predecessor of the Pacific Ocean was Panthalassa, or the ...

The UN Ocean Conference in the southern French city of Nice concludes this Friday with countries taking steps towards marine ...

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

Astonishingly, the ocean teems with brainless creatures that thrive using instinct and nerve networks. Jellyfish, sea sponges, starfish, sea cucumbers ...

It’s often referred to as the “sea cow” because of its grazing behavior on the ocean floor. Dugongs can live up to 70 years, and females only give birth every 3–7 years.

Deep beneath the Pacific Ocean floor, sediment cores hold secrets that could reshape how scientists predict Earth's climate ...

The changes come weeks after a 26-year-old man accessed the 37th floor of the Icon Brickell towers and fatally stabbed​ a ...

We usually think of the heart as something every animal needs– pumping blood, carrying oxygen, and keeping the body alive. It ...

Most foraminiferan species reside on the seafloor, but paleontologists are particularly interested in planktonic species, ...