Case in point: Scientists from Tokyo University and Hokkaido University in Japan stumbled across some mysterious jet-black ...

Scientists from the California Academy of Sciences described 72 new species last year, from elegant birds to strange sea ...

History is full of strange tales of tentacled sea beasts ravaging ships and terrifying sailors on the high seas. It’s easy to ...

Earth is home to creatures so strange, beautiful, and bizarre that it’s easy to forget we share the planet with them. These ...

Few have explored the ocean’s deepest depths – but those rare few have shared images of the strangest, most mysterious ...

Exceptionally preserved fossils from the Ediacaran period challenge what scientists thought was possible in sandstone. In the fossil record, creatures without hard shells or skeletons, such as ...

Blue blood may look alien, but it’s one of evolution’s most elegant solutions to life in extreme environments. Here’s how ...

Alexander the Great dived into the unknown, facing giant crabs, pearls, and mysterious depths in a legendary underwater ...

A group of anglers were enjoying a playful visit by dolphins Wednesday off Venice, Fla., when a great white shark surfaced alongside their moving vessel. The accompanying footage, captured by ...

“A rare Mola mola (ocean sunfish) washed up on our shore at Cardiff State Beach today,” San Diego State Lifeguards stated ...

The deep sea also harbours some of the most intriguing and alien-like species in existence, yet for several centuries, these ...