Strange Deep-Sea Creatures Were Once Mistaken for Monsters and It's Easy to See Why ...

The deep sea is home to weird and wonderful creatures that, over millions of years, have evolved specific traits to survive the extreme conditions of their habitat. These adaptations to their ...

From deep sea ghost sharks to symbiotic worms and unusual crustaceans, scientists have identified 1,121 new marine species in ...

A large international team of marine researchers monitored the seafloor surrounding the corpse of a whale that had sunk 4,920 ...

Scientists say they’ve found more than 1,100 new marine species over the last year, emphasizing how unexplored the ocean ...

Centuries before modern science could more accurately explain the natural world, brief animal sightings often inspired ...

The ocean is still one of the biggest mysteries on Earth, and the deeper you go, the stranger it gets. Far below the surface, where sunlight can’t reach, lives a world full of creatures that look more ...

The deepest parts of Earth’s oceans are home to creatures so bizarre they seem more like aliens than animals . In the crushing darkness of the Mariana Trench, transparent-headed fish rotate glowing ...

Dragonfish are a rarely seen species of deep-sea fish, and are alien-like in appearance. Read here to learn more about these ...

Thousands of meters below the ocean's surface lurk some gigantic creatures, much larger than their shallow-water brethren. Scientists have a few hunches for why this happens, but the debate continues.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Blue blood may look alien, but it’s one of evolution’s most ...