Dunkleosteus used strong muscles, wide opening jaws, and hidden cartilage structures to bite large prey with speed and force.

Forget Glash of the Titans! Norway's 2026 monster film Kraken dives into true Norse folklore about the colossal Hafgufa sea ...

In a biological twist few believed possible, researchers discovered that the giant discus fish produces a nutrient-rich mucus “milk” to feed its fry — behavior once thought unique to mammals.

Blue marlin fishing in North Carolina is a prized pastime for offshore anglers, especially along the Outer Banks and the ...

Far beneath the waves, animals evolve in strange and surprising ways, often becoming much larger than their shallow-water relatives. This video explores why deep sea creatures grow to giant sizes, and ...

Spiders in this toxic sulfur cave have built a thriving spider metropolis and the largest spider web complex in the world!

An analysis of mining plumes in the Pacific Ocean reveals they kick up particles sized similarly to the more nutritious tidbits that plankton eat.

Ghostly white forms drifted like white handkerchiefs on the brisk night breeze, dipping, rising, flapping, turning and tumbling over an inky black ocean. My small sailing boat rocked gently on the ...

Researchers are not even halfway through analyzing the thousands of samples collected from the Southern Ocean, but they've already discovered 30 new deep-sea creatures. Reading time 2 minutes The deep ...

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