In a river of southern Vietnam, a 3-foot-long creature with “sharp” teeth swam through the murky water — or tried to, at least. Something closed around the wrinkly animal and pulled it toward the ...

Deep below the surface of the ocean in the South China Sea, a robot named “discovery” searched the seafloor for life. Faxian, ...

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Life down there plays by a completely different set of rules, with creatures that have adapted in ways we can barely imagine.

Eunice siphoninsidiator, or the tube ambushing marine bristle worm, was discovered within the structure of glass sponges by a ...

Peronia watts is now one of four species that call northern Australia home, with an additional two Peronia species native to ...

Even when we think we know everything, or that we think we have a grasp on what species occur in our environment, we don’t,” ...

Hidden in the abyss of the Atacama Trench, Dulcibella camanchaca reveals itself as a unique predator adapted to the darkness.

In the cold, lightless Pacific Ocean deep, the seabed is scattered with metal-rich rocks coveted by miners -- and huge ...

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Scientists found a “large”-eyed sea creature with “canine-like” teeth on reefs in the South Pacific Ocean and discovered a new species. Photo from Getty Images / iStockphoto Near an island ...

Thousands of new species are found each year. Here are three of our most recent eye-catching stories. → 6-foot-long sea creature — with 'sharp' snout — discovered as new species in Colombia ...