On Florida’s Treasure Coast, the adventure is less about finding a chest of gold than the treasure that is Florida’s natural ...

For more than 60 years, the ginkgo-toothed beaked whale (Mesoplodon ginkgodens) was one of the ocean’s greatest mysteries.

The deepest reaches of the Arctic Ocean contain one of the most desolate environments on our entire planet. It is known as ...

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These "total monsters of fishes" are extinct today, though new clues about their lives come from CT scans and their closest ...

Researchers at the California Academy of Sciences kept busy throughout 2025. Along with collaborators from across the globe, ...

Giant phantom jelly sightings are extremely rare, but recent footage shows this extraordinary deep-sea jellyfish in all its ...

A treasure trove of deep reef dwellers has been discovered in coral reefs off the coast of Guam, including 20 that are new to ...

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

A bumpy snailfish, Andean mouse opossum and ancient sea cow were just some of the many species described in 2025.

Museum fossils in England reveal 200-million-year-old coelacanths, fish that swam alongside the first dinosaurs ...

Beaked whales are rarely spotted. Now scientists are using underwater sounds to help identify these elusive creatures.