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.

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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