A new deep-sea species now carries a scientific name chosen by the internet, and researchers say the crowdsourced approach ...

The chiton was first discovered in 2024 in the Izu-Ogasawara Trench at a depth of 5,500 meters. Ferreiraella populi belongs ...

This lifeform’s extraordinary biology could hold the key to anti-aging breakthroughs.

A newly described blue jellyfish in Japanese waters has stunned researchers with an otherworldly glow that looks less like a ...

A RARE sea creature has been found by a little boy on a popular UK beach. The adventurous five-year-old stumbled up the “alien-like” animal while investigating some rock pools on Mount ...

There isn’t a lot going on here, compared to other places. For example, a sample from the bottom of the North Sea can contain up to 20,000 animals, while a sample from the deep sea floor may only have ...

Off the coast of Papua New Guinea, a "dwarf"-like sea creature with spotted eyes swam around a reef. It darted into a nearby coral as a shadowy figure approached, but its hiding spot wasn't quite ...

The ocean is full of surprises, and scientists are still finding creatures that seem almost unreal. From tiny reef animals to bizarre deep-sea species, these discoveries show just how much of the ...

Deep-sea creatures in the trenches of Japan’s volcanically active "Ring of Fire" belt are rapidly adapting to immense depths, scientists found. These observations were part of a crewed submersible ...