The second expedition took researchers to the Southern Ocean’s Bellingshausen Sea, off West Antarctica. The team was the ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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.

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 ...

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 ...

An endangered loggerhead sea turtle was released Monday morning into the Atlantic Ocean from a Florida beach nearly three ...

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