Kangaroo Islanders are concerned about the amount of marine life washing up dead on local beaches. It comes less than a fortnight after a large-scale fish kill on Fleurieu Peninsula beaches, where the ...

Reaching over 30 feet long, the mysterious giant oarfish is the real-life "sea serpent" behind centuries of myths and legends ...

The ocean is full of weird and wonderful creatures, and scientists have only scratched the surface of what lurks beneath the waves. But some of the sea life they have discovered are downright ...

A deep-sea predator equipped with tubular, light-amplifying eyes and a highly specialized jaw system is capturing scientists' attention for its extraordinary ability to thrive in pitch-black waters.

These three fish are freaks, phantoms and mysteries of the deep. Here’s what we’ve learned from the rare glimpses we’ve had of their lives. The deep sea is one of Earth’s final frontiers. Given its ...

We know surprisingly little about the deep ocean or the strange creatures that live there. These unusual animals have evolved without sunlight and survive in complete darkness, resulting in many ...

When Ted Judah goes scuba diving off the coast in Monterey Bay, he normally swims at the surface to the area above the dive site and then descends. But on the morning of Dec. 30, the water was ...

The ocean is home to some of the strangest-looking creatures in the world. It seems that the deeper you go, the stranger the sea life becomes. The coffinfish is one example. Also known as the sea toad ...