One of the coolest pieces of irony about our planet is that the ocean covers most of the surface of the Earth, and yet, the ...

The deep sea, a realm of perpetual darkness, crushing pressure, and cold temperatures, is home to some of the most unusual ...

They say we know more about the surface of the Moon than we do about the bottom of the ocean, which is what made it so ...

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 ...

Meet the Atlantic wolffish, green humphead parrotfish, and other unusual species with extraordinary adaptations.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Some specimens of the jellyfish subspecies Botrynema brucei ellinorae have knobs on their bells ...

The hoodwinker sunfish, or Mola tecta, can weigh as much as 4,400 pounds and can grow up to nine feet long "It was so enormous and so weird and gorgeous. It's like suddenly you're on another planet," ...

A mysterious epidemic has wiped out billions of sea stars in recent years. A new study finally identifies the bacterium responsible. By Alexa Robles-Gil Christopher Harley, a marine biologist at the ...

Small yellowish blobs are the latest critters to wash up along Texas beaches. The Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies posted about the creatures in a Facebook post on Wednesday, May 1, ...