A newly discovered deep-sea creature has become an unlikely Internet star. After appearing in a popular YouTube video, a rare ...

From the octopus that walks on land to another that grows its own ‘lifejacket’, discover these unusual species ...

Thousands of strangers on the internet just collectively named a deep-sea creature that lives on sunken wood at the bottom of ...

A mother and daughter made an unusual discovery when walking on a Welsh beach leading to the involvement of an underwater expert.

Time doesn’t heal all wounds. If you’re an injured comb jellyfish, you might just need another of your species to meld with. That’s what biologists at the University of Chicago’s Marine Biological ...

The knotty sea spider, Pycnogonum litorale, is not actually a spider, but it does represent a significant early branch in the genetic family tree that includes spiders, as well as scorpions, ticks and ...

The deep sea, a realm of perpetual darkness, crushing pressure, and cold temperatures, is home to some of the most unusual and mysterious creatures on Earth. Recent discoveries have unveiled a host of ...

Portuguese man-of-war are washing up on North Carolina beaches, forcing officials to issue a warning to beachgoers along a 150-mile stretch of sand from Cape Lookout to the South Carolina state line.

The hoodwinker sunfish, or Mola tecta, can weigh as much as 4,400 pounds and can grow up to nine feet long "It was so enormous and so weird and gorgeous. It's like suddenly you're on another planet," ...

An entire world lives deep under the ocean’s surface, far from human notice and as bustling as any city. Animals such as tubeworms and clams live crowded around plumes of methane that bubble up ...