The deep sea has no shortage of unusual creatures, from methane-eating spiders to shape-shifting octopuses. Among them are ...

A fish that tries to swallow a sea firefly may suddenly find its own mouth exploding with some of the brightest biologic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Far below the ocean's surface, where sunlight can't reach, some of the most unusual creatures on Earth thrive in complete darkness ...

A newly described species of ghost shark, Rhinochimaera costaricana, has been identified from deep waters off Costa Rica using both physical characteristics and genetic evidence.

A striking Instagram post is giving people a fresh look at how new technology is enabling researchers to observe creatures from the least-seen parts of the planet. As Oceana (@oceana) notes on its ...

More than 700 people attended the event, learning more about the least-explored ecosystem on the planet and the researchers ...

As anyone who’s stayed up well past their bedtime knows, catching a taxi or Uber home can be a godsend, and now recent research shows that even some deep sea animals appreciate the value of bumming a ...

The second day of my journey around Suruga Bay. The previous day, I visited Awashima Marine Park and Izu Mito Sea Paradise, ...

A new report reveals the results of a study exploring biodiversity in a region targeted for seabed mining—capturing baseline data, tracking natural changes and assessing the impacts of a polymetallic ...

Dive into the movement of the spindly brittle star, which is more mobile, and more connected, in the deep sea. Deep-sea brittle stars are always on the move. That’s what a new study seems to suggest, ...

There is high global demand for critical metals, and many countries want to try extracting these sought-after metals from the seabed. An international study, which has discovered large numbers of new ...