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

A list of animated cartoon series that kids who are obsessed with animals can watch to learn about ecosystems, animals and ...

New Scientist writers and contributors have chosen their top science-y books, films, TV shows, music, video games and board ...

Far below the ocean’s surface, where sunlight disappears and pressure reaches crushing levels, some of the planet’s strangest ...

Though it may not seem like it, the ocean is a much more terrifying place than the cosmos. From hideous, alien-like creatures ...

Scientists on California’s Central Coast recently spotted a giant, evasive seven-arm octopus while on a research expedition in Monterey Bay. The rare creature, called Haliphron atlanticus, was seen by ...

Meet the “ghost fish,” a phantom of the abyss. Here’s how we found the first ever proof of its existence just a few years ago. The deep sea is a part of the world that very few humans get the chance ...

Sea urchins have a body that is entirely made up of "head"—with a surprisingly complex central nervous system that functions, in essence, like an "all-body brain." This is the conclusion of an ...