Researchers said they named the new species after the Nansei Islands near the Okinawa Trough where it was first discovered and, so far, the only area where it has been found. The Nansei Islands., also ...

Long before the age of giant dinosaurs, the Triassic seas were home to bizarre and terrifying creatures now largely forgotten. Dive into the depths of prehistoric oceans to uncover the strange marine ...

A 500-million-year-old fossil from Morocco is helping scientists to answer the evolutionary mystery of how starfish evolved ...

Humans aren't the only animals with Good Samaritan tendencies: elephants, chimps and dolphins have all been known to come to ...

A "strange" creature recorded in the deep waters off the coast of Japan represents an exceptionally rare kind of discovery.

A “dynamic day” on the water was filled with massive sea creatures off the California coast. On June 10, a group got the chance to see “big breaches” from humpbacks, according to a Facebook Monterey ...

The deep sea is full of surprises, hiding creatures that look like they belong in a sci-fi movie rather than our oceans. These rare animals have adapted in incredible ways to live in a world of ...

Sea creatures have adapted to help them thrive in extreme environments. Unusual features allow them to live thousands of feet below the surface. Underwater robots give researchers a glimpse at some of ...

To survive the deep ocean, sea creatures need all kinds of adaptations that give them alien-like appearances, like huge eyes and needle-like teeth. 15 bizarre creatures from the bottom of the ...

Sea creatures have adapted to help them thrive in extreme environments. Unusual features allow them to live thousands of feet below the surface. Underwater robots give researchers a glimpse at ...

Instead, this creature subsists on marine snow, organic material that falls to the ocean floor as dead animals decay. The cephalopod gets its name from the webbing that connects its arms, creating the ...