Look no further than the depths of earth’s oceans to discover mind-blowing creatures that look like they come from another world! No need to venture into outer space to witness five of the most exotic ...

MIT researchers traced chemical fossils in ancient rocks back to the ancestors of today’s demosponges. A team of geochemists ...

Light is a primary driver of visual evolution in shrimp, according to new FIU research published this week in Nature Communications Biology. The deep sea is a dark place, with the only light coming ...

A brand new species of giant isopod was discovered in a survey off the coast of Indonesia. There are now 20 species of these creatures that have been documented, but many more may remain undiscovered.

These animals have unique and unusual ways to live in a difficult environment. The odd, adorable, deep-sea "dumbo" octopus is not the name of a single species, but instead refers to an entire genus of ...

More than 5,000 animal species previously unknown to science live in a pristine part of the deep sea. Their home — called the Clarion-Clipperton Zone — sits in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean ...

British environmental watchdogs have launched an investigation after thousands of dead sea creatures washed up on beaches in North East England. Sharon Bell, a Marske-by-the-Sea resident, told CNN she ...

Ocean plastic kills sea creatures. For the first time, researchers examined data to find out how much it takes. The answer: ...

For the past several years, large animals such as whales, dolphins, seals, sea turtles, Atlantic sturgeon, sharks and tuna have been feeding closer to shore. Warming water has brought robust bait ...

The Dolphin Company wants to transfer nine sea lions and three seals to a traveling sea lion show, a new court filing reveals.

SeaWorld said it is on standby to help rescue sea animals affected by the oil spill off of Orange County. The massive oil spill Sunday off Huntington Beach will require a coordinated effort to help ...