Many otherworldly deep-sea creatures, though, are so beautiful and mysterious that you won't believe they exist. Even in the ...

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

Unique creatures, odd animals and new species are discovered across the planet. Some are found lurking in remote corners of the world, while others have been hiding right under our noses. Learn more ...

It produces red bioluminescence, a color most deep-sea creatures can't see. This secret weapon helps it spot prey without being detected. It grows up to 10 inches while living between 1,640 and ...

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

Organisms in the deep sea rely on gravity flows to lay down sediment and then make burrows beneath the seafloor, according to a new study.

Some animals have been around since the time of the dinosaurs—and they’re still thriving today! Known as “living fossils,” ...

The remarkable longevity of these animals is often linked to slow metabolisms, deep-sea habitats, or protective shells that ...

The deep sea, covering approximately 65% of Earth's surface, has long been considered a biological desert. In this extreme ...

Jara and his team were able to swim alongside and capture this rare sighting of the black seadevil, a species that usually inhabits the inky depths of the ocean ...

Some of the creatures that call the depths of the WZFZ home were undiscovered until 2017, and now, a manned deep-sea mission has brought more new species into the light. “From October 2022 to ...