The marine biologists of the Schmidt Ocean Institute are a busy bunch. Over the last few years, scientists aboard the ...

Sea otters are surprisingly good at using tools. If they come across a particularly tough clam shell and they are desperate ...

Rare footage captures the giant phantom jellyfish off the coast of Argentina, one of the least-seen deep-sea creatures, ...

The yeti crab is a strange species because of its furry appearance. Read here to learn about why these crabs are furry!

A dome-fronted submersible sinks beneath the waves off Indonesia, heading down nearly 1,000 meters in search of new species, ...

Scientists discover 97-million-year-old magnetic fossils that reveal how ancient animals used Earth’s magnetic field as a ...

Researchers have discovered rare marine creatures in the deep sea off Argentina. The team aboard R/V Falkor documented the largest-known Bathelia candida coral reef, spanning half a kilometre, home to ...

Far below the waves of the Pacific, scientists are uncovering a riot of life just as industrial machines line up to scrape ...

For decades, a single whale’s strange 52-hertz call has baffled scientists, raising haunting questions about its identity, ...

We tend to think of animals as short-lived, especially when we compare their lifespans to human lifespans. But some species ...

Scientists have captured a rare view of one of the ocean's least understood whales—without ever seeing it. By listening to ...

While the Trump administration frames deep-sea mining as a ‘core national security and economic interest,’ dozens of ...