Deep-sea fish adapt to some of the most extreme conditions on Earth. New research analyzing their evolution finds the same ...

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Among the creatures pulled up by scientists on board the RSV Nuyina were strange orange "sea pigs" — a type of sea cucumber. ...

Shocking new footage shows a pair of bloodsucking parasites latched onto the head of a deep-sea rattail fish. In the video, ...

Floating sea anemones are rarely seen on land because they spend their lives drifting in the open ocean, clinging to floating debris.

It’s evident that summer is around the corner, as thousands of tiny sea creatures reminiscent of crispy potato chips have reappeared across the California coastline. The jellyfishlike ...

Having decided to go for a walk along the beach in the morning because the tide was too far out, he came across the strange sea creature which he compared to something from a science fiction film.

tense and fruitful ways The creatures cruised the world’s oceans with features we often associate with marine mammals, such as coats of blubber and the ability to birth live young Most of what ...

NOAA photo The mysterious saga of two “out-of-habitat” whales has taken another strange turn, with the pair showing up in a tropical region where the species isn’t known to exist ...

Pink and bulbous "sea pigs", hand-sized sea spiders and delicate sea butterflies are among the bizarre animals hauled up from the ocean floor by a team of Australian researchers aboard the ...