The ocean is full of surprises, and scientists are still finding creatures that seem almost unreal. From tiny reef animals to ...

This lifeform’s extraordinary biology could hold the key to anti-aging breakthroughs.

The Texas coastline is seeing a rare and unusual sight: thousands of mysterious sea creatures washing ashore after what ...

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

Grooves in the limestone at Italy's Monte Cònero may have been left by sea turtles fleeing an earthquake 80 million years ago ...

Beneath the ocean's surface lies a world of perpetual darkness, home to some of Earth's most bizarre and fascinating creatures. These deep-sea inhabitants have evolved extraordinary adaptations to ...

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

For all of humanity’s ventures to outer space, we’ve yet to see 99.999% of the deep-sea floor. In the latest subaquatic news, researchers discovered some 4,000 marine species, 88% of which were new ...

Most marine animals form their shells from calcium carbonate, which is a tough mineral also found in limestone. Some sponges and microorganisms use another compound silica. There is also a group of ...