"This could be the first recorded sighting in the world of an adult black devil or abyssal anglerfish (Melanocetus johnsonii) ...

Along the ground, they noticed a yellow sea creature with dozens of tentacles. It turned out to be a new species. Researchers visited several sites in the western end of the Mediterranean Sea between ...

A small team of marine biologists at the University of Bristol, in the U.K., working with a colleague from the Regional Research and Innovation Agency of West Papua, Indonesia, has found that wild ...

A newly discovered deepwater tilefish, Branchiostegus sanae, has been named after San from Princess Mononoke due to its unique facial markings. Researchers confirmed its new-species status through ...

A playful sea lion. An elegant shark. A mother whale. And a few thirsty camels. The Underwater Photographer of the Year 2025 ...

A huge oarfish washed up near La Paz in Baja California Sur in 2020. Credit: Fernando Cavalin. On a sunlit beach in Lanzarote ...

West Philippine Sea is the name given by an administrative order (AO) of then President Benigno Aquino III to Philippine territorial waters west of the country. Aquino’s AO said West Philippine Sea ...

Designed to support critical marine studies similar to those used in deep ocean research, the SeaSub (or the RS Lanternfish) ...

Arctic daily sea ice extent continued to hover near record daily lows in January, with the ice edge well northward of its long-term average position in most areas. In contrast to the cold conditions ...

Just a few administrative details need to be worked out before kelp-killing purple sea urchins start getting hammered off the ...

Local tribes and nonprofits have received a grant to lead the planning effort to bring back the furry mammals, which have ...