An exploration of strange and fascinating marine life, revealing some of the ocean’s most unusual and little-known creatures.

Twenty-four species of deep-sea crustaceans that had never been documented before have been formally described from the ...

The ocean’s hiding some deep secrets. An oceanic expedition off Brazil has discovered 31 otherworldly new critters, including ...

Octopus, squid, and cuttlefish aid marine food webs and carbon storage, revealing how climate change reshapes oceans and ...

Entire forms of life may have been misunderstood or overlooked for years.

A new study led by researchers at the University of Hawaii (UH) at Mānoa published in Nature Communications is the first of its kind to show that waste discharged from deep-sea mining operations in ...

Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with a sudden wave of volcanic sediment, leaving them suffocated. Four months ...

Only a scattering of light penetrates the deep water, more than 300 feet beneath the ocean surface off the coast of Guam. It’s like twilight to the human eye, even in the middle of the day. This part ...

While scientists have known that tiny microbes have been prospering in the deepest, darkest parts of the ocean, a new voyage has uncovered stunning proof of larger marine life. This undated image ...

The researchers saw many strange animals — many believed to be new to science — living off the whale carcasses.