'Thousands and thousands' of these curious creatures have been showing up on the Texas shoreline, expert says. What are they?

The ocean is home to some of the creepiest animals out there. It feels like the deeper you go in the water, the stranger and ...

Scientists are a little closer to understanding what goes on deep beneath the surface of our oceans.

An exploration of strange and fascinating marine life, revealing some of the ocean’s most unusual and little-known creatures.

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

Named for their plump, pink, and rounded bodies, sea pigs are very abundant, but you are unlikely to ever see one, living as they do at depths of over 1,200 to 5,000 metres (that’s over three miles!).

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 ...

The anemone is part of a new species, genus and family, according to the study. Photo by Yanghong Yu via Unsplash A “strange” creature recorded in the deep waters off the coast of Japan represents an ...

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 vast array of organisms in the deep sea remains a mystery to humans. Now, marine biologists can add one more puzzle to the list. A collection of odd materials was discovered nearly four miles ...