To survive the deep ocean, sea creatures need all kinds of adaptations that give them alien-like appearances, like huge eyes ...

A "very odd" sea creature fossil from Vancouver Island has been officially identified as a new species, Traskasaura sandrae.

Scientists, who have spent more than a decade examining the impact of artificial light at night on the world's coasts and oceans, have shown that more than one-fifth of the global ocean -- an area ...

A study conducted by researchers from the University of Plymouth and Plymouth Marine Laboratory, who have spent more than a ...

More than one-fifth of the global ocean—an area spanning more than 75 million sq km—has been the subject of ocean darkening ...

Off California, a North Pacific right whale, one of fewer than 50 in U.S. waters, lingered near a research boat for 20 minutes, giving scientists a close look at this rare species. Anglers in Honduras ...

In large numbers, these small blob-like creatures, formally known as tunicates, wreak havoc on coastal aquaculture.

Geologists find giant mosasaur vertebra in Mississippi, a marine predator that ruled the seas 66 million years ago, ...

Jellyfish are brainless, boneless, eyeless creatures that are 95% water. Despite this simplicity, however, they’ve withstood ...

The largest known species of amphipoda is believed to inhabit 59% of the planet’s deepest ocean regions, according to a ...

In the last decade, report after report has warned that the Arctic is heating up faster than ever, cities are scorching, the ...

The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute captured footage of a giant phantom jelly with ribbon-like arms over 30 feet ...