In 1982, geologist Martin Hovland sat aboard a research ship owned by the Norwegian oil company Statoil (now Equinor) in the ...

The new species were found in the East China Sea, a body of water off the eastern coast of China, south of Japan and South ...

It’s a pretty appropriate name given where H. hades lives; the trench extends down to the hadal zone, itself named after ...

Researchers caught a close-up video of a flying sea pig (aka, a sea cucumber), and it has what looks like 50 tiny hands.

In 2009, a research group led by Dr. Keiichi Kakui at the Faculty of Science discovered a rather unusual small crustacean ...

Sea creatures keep showing up dead in California waters, and researchers may have an answer as to why. It has to do with ...

Scientists have found scour marks on the seabed made by giant icebergs about 18,000 years ago, and they could offer clues to ...

Mining methods, like seabed scraping and vacuuming, raise concerns about habitat destruction, sediment plumes, and potential food chain contamination.

This master of disguise can transform its body to resemble various sea creatures, including venomous lionfish and deadly sea snakes. By mimicking these animals, the octopus deters predators and ...

They show that life can survive in the harshest places, whether it’s the bottom of the ocean or a faraway moon. In India, where we dream big and reach for the stars, these creatures remind us ...

The Saya de Malha Bank is one of the world’s largest seagrass fields and the planet’s most important carbon sinks. It faces ...