From bone-eating snot-flowers to snowboarding scale worms, when a whale dies it becomes a colossal island of nutrients – attracting weird and wonderful creatures to feast.

Deep down in the sea, where no light penetrates and where the availability of food is very low, life somehow exists in ways that can be considered str.

When most of us picture the ocean, we imagine turquoise waves, colorful reefs, and shoals of darting fish. But that’s only the surface. Venture deeper, far below the last reach of sunlight, and you ...

The ocean is full of terrifying creatures, and sharks are just one example. Many of us are familiar with commonly spotted ...

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

In July and August scientists onboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor (too) spotted the oddities through the eyes of an underwater robot as they explored the Mar del Plata Canyon.

An underwater voyage has revealed a network of creatures thriving at the bottom of deep-sea ocean trenches. In these extreme environments, the crushing pressure, scant food and lack of sunlight can ...

Scientists find a deep-sea coral ecosystem over 100 years old, raising urgent concerns about bottom trawling in the South Pacific.