The marine biologists of the Schmidt Ocean Institute are a busy bunch. Over the last few years, scientists aboard the research vessel Falkor (too) have spotted rare Antarctic squid, discovered ...

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

In the mesmerizing footage, captured via an autonomous submersible known as ROV SuBastian, the Goliath sea jelly is seen ...

In fact, more people have walked on the Moon than have visited the deepest parts of our oceans. In this world of constant ...

Punxsutawney Phil is said to have seen his shadow, forecasting 6 more weeks of wintry weather ...

A 512-million-year-old ecosystem, frozen in stone, reveals an explosive comeback after a mass extinction no one fully understood, until now.

Here, they saw up to 15 gloomy octopuses getting on with their lives. These individuals weren’t just living close to each ...

The viper dogfish is easily one of the creepiest deep sea creatures due to its fangs and wide jaw. Read here to learn more ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The ocean is full of surprises, and scientists are still finding creatures that seem almost unreal. From tiny reef animals to ...

Scientists from the California Academy of Sciences described 72 new species last year, from elegant birds to strange sea slugs.

“A rare Mola mola (ocean sunfish) washed up on our shore at Cardiff State Beach today,” San Diego State Lifeguards stated Wednesday via Instagram. “It’s the heaviest bony fish on earth and can weigh ...

Far below the ocean’s surface, where sunlight disappears and pressure reaches crushing levels, some of the planet’s strangest life forms thrive. These deep-sea creatures have evolved in total darkness ...