The ocean is full of surprises, and scientists are still finding creatures that seem almost unreal. From tiny reef animals to ...

An animal ecologist researching large marine animals such as whales and dolphins, Assistant Professor Iwata Takashi of the ...

The bumphead sunfish (Mola alexandrini) is one of the strangest and most impressive giants in the ocean. With a flattened, ...

Wondering about the world's weirdest sea creatures? We've compiled this list of the 20 weirdest animals in the ocean to show ...

A species of rarely seen since its discovery in the late 19th century, the goblin shark recently turned up in Spanish waters.

From animal journeys across oceans to the discovery of dozens of new species in the deep sea, these stories wowed us Danielle Hall A scorpionfish swims along an unnamed seamount on the Nazca Ridge in ...

It floats, it drifts, it doesn’t break down. Plastic in the ocean is everywhere, but now it’s doing more than polluting. It’s becoming something else. In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, where no ...

A rapid climate collapse during the Late Ordovician Mass Extinction devastated ocean life and reshuffled Earth’s ecosystems. In the aftermath, jawed vertebrates gained an unexpected edge by surviving ...

Levels of molybdenum in soil show that hydrogen sulfide gas wiped out nearly half of all marine life 530 million years ago.

New research shows ancient tropical oceans once held more oxygen than cooler regions, reshaping where early life could ...