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

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 ...

Deep sea holds alien-like species. The frilled shark, a living fossil, remains a mystery. Its unique anatomy includes six ...

A recent video shows a massive bluntnose sixgill shark emerging from the deep sea. This ancient species, predating dinosaurs, ...

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

For an animal, surviving in the ocean’s deepest trenches requires remarkable adaptations: a gelatinous body that can withstand pressure, bioluminescent features to guide it, and a transparent ...

The idea of isolation is prevalent through the Alien series. In space, no one can hear you scream, often because there’s nobody left to hear you scream. That theme also extends to the idea of what ...

Scientists have filmed odd communities of life flourishing deeper in the ocean than ever before. The chemosynthesis-based life-forms get their energy from chemical reactions, powered by gases seeping ...

Scientists found a “dwarf”-like sea creature on a coral reef in Papua New Guinea and discovered an “iridescent” new species, a study said. Screengrab from Allways Dive Expeditions’ YouTube video Off ...

A manatee was one of the latest in a long line of rare marine animals to turn heads along the Texas coast last month, and — in this case — hold up a $64 million state construction project. One of the ...