The scientists examined the lineages of two groups of bivalves—marine invertebrates that include clams, oysters, mussels, and ...

A barnacle evolved into a parasite and drills into sharks in the deep waters of Norway to feed and survive in silence.

The ocean is home to a vast array of different animals, each with its own traits. These include different forms of mating, such as parasitic mating. Parasitic mating occurs when the male physically ...

We opened a window into our country’s biodiversity only to find there are so many more windows left to be opened.” ...

A photographer captured this extraordinary site where whales' bodies lie in the shallows, with troubling repercussions for the deep oceans.

The ocean is full of some incredibly odd creatures. It feels like the further you go down, the stranger and more alien-like they become. With so many interesting creatures, it makes you wonder, what ...

The deep ocean is about as mysterious as the depths of outer space, and it's home to some bizarre finds, from tiny angelic creatures to giant worms.

At the bottom of the world’s trenches, there’s a fish that shouldn’t exist. Here’s how it earned the title of the deepest-living fish on Earth. If you were to drop a camera into one of Earth’s ...

Mesopelagic fish, long overlooked in ocean chemistry, are now proven to excrete carbonate minerals much like their shallow-water counterparts—despite living in dark, high-pressure depths. Using the ...

More than a million giant skate eggs are discovered incubating in the heat of an underwater Pacific Ocean volcano.