Scientifically speaking, the term "tail" usually refers to a flexible extension of the backbone, so it’s inherently a vertebrate feature, containing bones and often linked to the spine.

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 recently announced discoveries were made on a 2022 deep-sea expedition off Western Australia’s Gascoyne coast ...

Divers in Taiwan film a giant oarfish, Regalecus glesne, in shallow waters. Encountering this mysterious creature is always a special treat.

A recent marine expedition found fascinating new species in the deep Pacific, highlighting how little is still known about life beneath the ocean.

There are some quite mysterious and strange creatures lurking in the deepest parts of the world’s oceans. Watch the latest ...

Researchers are not even halfway through analyzing the thousands of samples collected from the Southern Ocean, but they've ...

There's always a lot going on in the deep ocean, but anyone who had “carnivorous 'death-ball' sponge” on their bingo card for ...

The Cetacean Translation Initiative (CETI) is using artificial intelligence to help understand sperm whale communications.

In the deep-sea meta, strength means nothing and adaptation means everything. From anglerfish with living lures to crustaceans built for crushing pressure, these creatures prove that evolution doesn’t ...

In the past few years, people have become more and more interested in marine life– and it’s easy to see why. The ocean is ...

Sea monsters like the Kraken, serpents or the Loch Ness monster may be just in our imagination, but across history, these stories have roots in reality. Today, we still like to exaggerate and tell ...