Far below the ocean’s surface, where sunlight disappears and pressure reaches crushing levels, some of the planet’s strangest ...

When most of us picture the ocean, we imagine turquoise waves, colorful reefs, and shoals of darting fish. But that’s only the surface. Venture deeper, far below the last reach of sunlight, and you ...

Ocean researchers have discovered thriving alien-like communities filled with tube worms, mollusks and spiky white creatures at the bottom of ocean trenches in the northwest Pacific Ocean. 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 some of ...

A rare deep-sea creature, sometimes called a "doomsday fish," made a mysterious appearance on a remote beach in Tasmania, and the eerie encounter is causing people to wonder about what's really ...

The Earth is home to some amazing animals, and many of them are well-known. Everybody knows how quick cheetahs are, how big ...

Darlene Quattrone Doepp’s picture of an odd mantis shrimp in North Myrtle Beach sparked jokes and theories on Facebook. When a 6-inch sea creature washed up in North Myrtle Beach last week, it baffled ...

One that caught attention from many was a type of sea mollusk that washed ashore on South Padre Island in late May.

The anemone is part of a new species, genus and family, according to the study. Photo by Yanghong Yu via Unsplash A “strange” creature recorded in the deep waters off the coast of Japan represents an ...