Documentation provides one of the most detailed observations of seafloor biodiversity and habitats at these depths ...

Scientists are revolutionizing how new marine species are described through the Ocean Species Discoveries initiative. Using advanced lab techniques, researchers recently unveiled 14 new species from ...

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 expedition also revealed a new species of armoured and iridescent scale worms, called Eulagisca sp. nov., as well as ...

The ocean is home to some sea creatures that will likely give you a fright. Much of the ocean's marine life is yet to be discovered, with scientists estimating that a whopping 91% of ocean species ...

The aquariums said its aerial survey team spotted three True’s beaked whales, a species “rarely seen at the surface,” while above the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument off the ...

The ocean covers more than 70 percent of Earth’s surface, yet we’ve explored less of it than we have the surface of the moon.

In the deepest and coldest parts of the ocean, sea creatures — mainly invertebrates, or animals without backbones — can reach gargantuan proportions. Squids, sea spiders, worms and a variety of other ...

Freshwater and sea turtles may look similar, but neither one could survive in the other's territory for these reasons.

Scientists from Australia and Japan studying three trenches find ‘organisms have adapted strategies to filter things out of ...

The goal is to mimic the natural features of the shorelines — enough to attract some sea creatures to make the wall their new ...