A newly identified deep-sea fish surfaced off India's southwest coast, giving scientists a clearer picture of what lives deep ...

Hidden deep beneath the Indian Ocean, researchers have discovered what may be the world's oldest and largest whale graveyard, a 5.3-million-year-old necropolis filled with whale fossils.

A deep ocean whale graveyard is revealing new clues about whale evolution and the ecosystems that form around their remains.

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

Plastic pollution has become a global environmental crisis, with an estimated 11 million tons of plastic entering the oceans ...

The ocean’s deepest reaches harbor some of the most alien and terrifying life forms on Earth. Far below where sunlight fades to eternal darkness, creatures have evolved in ways that seem to defy ...

A pill bug dwelling under a garden pot curls its body into a tiny armored ball as self-defense. Far below the ocean surface, ...

The ocean is full of surprises, and scientists are still finding creatures that seem almost unreal. From tiny reef animals to bizarre deep-sea species, these discoveries show just how much of the ...

The ocean is still one of the biggest mysteries on Earth, and the deeper you go, the stranger it gets. Far below the surface, where sunlight can't reach, lives a world full of creatures that look more ...

One whale’s unfortunate death can be an entire ecosystem’s blessing, recent research shows. A large international team of marine researchers monitored the seafloor surrounding the corpse of a whale ...