Strange occurrences in the oceans have caught the attention of scientists and the public alike. Uncommon deep-sea creatures ...

Of all the ghostly creatures lurking in our oceans, a recently spotted deep-sea cusk eel species cosplaying as a giant ...

Although bubbles on the ocean floor usually indicate hydrothermal vents teeming with life, this spring stands apart.

A deep-sea fish species with unusual cheek patterns has been discovered in the South China Sea after it was listed on online seafood markets. The fish has been named Branchiostegus sanae because its ...

This past July and August scientists onboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor (too) spotted the oddities through the eyes of an underwater robot as they explored the Mar del Plata ...

An entire world lives deep under the ocean’s surface, far from human notice and as bustling as any city. Animals such as tubeworms and clams live crowded around plumes of methane that bubble up ...

Australian researchers have developed new technology that allows them for the first time to film a deep-sea swimming sea cucumber. For the time being, they're calling the creature a "Headless Chicken ...

Researchers named the spring "Pythia’s Oasis" for Ancient Greece's Pythia, an oracle who sat in a temple above a crack in the ...

As the seasons change in the northern hemisphere, things are slowly cooling down. That is, they are on land. In the northern Pacific Ocean, however, scientists are monitoring a marine heatwave – an ...

Abyssal plains are flat expanses of muddy sediment found at depths of 1.9 to 3.7 miles (3 to 6 km) in the ocean's abyssal zone — the layer above the hadal zone. Creatures on these plains have evolved ...