A deep-sea fish species with unusual cheek patterns has been discovered in the South China Sea after it was listed on online seafood markets. The fish has been named Branchiostegus sanae because its ...

In fact, more people have walked on the Moon than have visited the deepest parts of our oceans. In this world of constant ...

Time doesn’t heal all wounds. If you’re an injured comb jellyfish, you might just need another of your species to meld with. That’s what biologists at the University of Chicago’s Marine Biological ...

Strange creatures straight out of a science-fiction movie have been captured by scientists off the coast of Antarctica. Pink and bulbous "sea pigs", hand-sized sea spiders and delicate sea butterflies ...

An entire world lives deep under the ocean’s surface, far from human notice and as bustling as any city. Animals such as tubeworms and clams live crowded around plumes of methane that bubble up ...

The knotty sea spider, Pycnogonum litorale, is not actually a spider, but it does represent a significant early branch in the genetic family tree that includes spiders, as well as scorpions, ticks and ...

The Gulf of Mexico is home to many species, and sometimes strange creatures and sharks wash ashore due to high tides or weather. Whether it was an eyeball-looking thing or shape-shifting blobs, MySA ...

This past July and August scientists onboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor (too) spotted the oddities through the eyes of an underwater robot as they explored the Mar del Plata ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers on Wednesday described fossilized remains unearthed in China showing in fine detail the brain structures of a bizarre group of sea creatures that were the top ...

Researchers discovered that some comb jellies can fuse their bodies together when injured. The unique adaptation, which involves merging their nervous systems and stomachs, has never been seen in any ...

Depending on the city, US cities can have great (or terrible) seafood, but shopping for seafood online can also be a mixed bag. However, this time, online shopping uncovered something truly remarkable ...