The contents of three large metal cases have changed our understanding of life under the ocean. Inside were vials of sediment ...

A pod of 157 dolphins, including false killer whales, has become stranded on a remote beach in Tasmania, with dozens already ...

A rare, deep-sea fish washed ashore in Carlsbad last week and has since been turned over to biologists at the Scripps ...

Traces of organisms detected in sediments from 7.5 kilometers below the ocean surface reveal how organisms living in the deep sea are engineering their own environments. Analyses of sediment cores ...

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.

Wildlife rangers will begin shooting 90 dolphins stranded on a remote Australian beach, saying the stressed creatures would ...

The Wallace Line divides species in Southeast Asia. A deep ocean trench prevents animal migration. Even flying birds rarely ...

Did you know that some animals never experience aging the way humans do? From the immortal jellyfish that resets its life cycle to deep-sea creatures that show no signs of aging, these animals seem to ...

TikTok users are mourning, celebrating, and mythologizing an anglerfish who was spotted rising to the surface of the sea before dying. Marine wildlife photographers and researchers from conservation ...

An anglerfish spotted surfacing in Tenerife has made waves on social media after the “sea devil” swam to its death.

Among the myriad creatures that populate our ocean, some stand out as having an outsized impact on the marine environment—shaping and maintaining habitats that themselves sustain countless other forms ...

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 ...