Many animals that live in water need to come up to the surface to breathe, but they can still spend impressive lengths of ...

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

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

Researchers documented how cruise ship anchors can harm some of the oldest species of marine life in Antarctica.

Scientists were surprised to find a rare 'wart' octopus and 'zombie' sea sponge in deep sea footage. The video, which was captured by marine explorers in the US, showed two profoundly rare views from ...

This novel is no simple romance.

Relatives of the humble sea sponge have filtered Earth's waters for hundreds of millions of years or more, long before the first plants took to land. Their simplicity has led scientists to suggest ...

Prochlorococcus, a genus of bacteria that’s key to oxygen production in the ocean, tends to disappear when faced with marine ...

One of three methane-eating, deep-sea spider species recently discovered off the Southern California coast. One of three ...