Deep below the surface of New Zealand’s southern fjords, in waters rarely disturbed and even less understood, a discovery has ...

Scientists from the California Academy of Sciences described 72 new species last year, from elegant birds to strange sea ...

According to IFL Science, the team of scientists retrieved autonomous reef monitoring structures that they placed among ...

A mysterious 1978 incident involving the USS Stein and an unidentified sea creature still puzzles scientists and the U.S. Navy nearly fifty years later.

The Greenland shark is one of the most mysterious animals in the ocean. Living in cold, deep waters of the Arctic and North ...

New research shows how the Greenland shark’s heart keeps working for centuries by tolerating aging rather than avoiding it.

Scientists in New Zealand have discovered what may be the biggest example of the species ever recorded—at more than 13 feet ...

As increased industrial activity puts fragile deep-sea ecosystems at risk, one artist is raising awareness about imperiled ...

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

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

Killing the protected animals may be the only way to stop them from eating too many of the Pacific Northwest’s endangered ...