A dome-fronted submersible sinks beneath the waves off Indonesia, heading down nearly 1,000 meters in search of new species, ...

ABOARD OCEANXPLORER, Indonesia - A dome-fronted submersible sinks beneath the waves off Indonesia, heading down nearly 1,000 ...

Photis Gaitanos' rough fingers adroitly untangle the venomous spikes of a lionfish from a net, throwing the exotic-looking creature into an ice-filled rubber bin along with other fish from the day's ...

This weird-looking creature has been mistaken for a lot of things, including a whale placenta and a sea monster as well as a garbage bag. And less often, it’s recognized for what it is: a jellyfish!

At first glance, it looks like an alien eye—a gorgeous blue iris around a carmel-colored pupil, thick eyelashes radiating out ...

The name mikazuki isn’t random. It is a nod to the local history of the Tohoku region, derived from the Japanese word for ...

Scientists have long focused on quantifying fear and other negative emotions in animals. Now they’re trying to measure ...

( KRON) — A diver in Monterey Bay recently had a close encounter with a deep-sea fish normally found at depths of 3,000 feet, ...

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

Exceptionally preserved fossils from the Ediacaran period challenge what scientists thought was possible in sandstone. In the fossil record, creatures without hard shells or skeletons, such as ...