The second expedition took researchers to the Southern Ocean’s Bellingshausen Sea, off West Antarctica. The team was the ...

Researchers are not even halfway through analyzing the thousands of samples collected from the Southern Ocean, but they've ...

What's the rarest ocean animal? Discover the rare and endangered ocean animals along with those that are rare because they're ...

The ocean covers more than 70 percent of Earth’s surface, yet we’ve explored less of it than we have the surface of the moon.

About 5,000 species of crustaceans in the order Isopoda live in Earth’s oceans. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, they all have two pairs of antennae, compound eyes, ...

While some haunting creatures may be considered nightmare-fuel for most people, the scientists who study them couldn’t be happier to get a closer look. As Halloween approaches, take a look at some ...

The vast array of organisms in the deep sea remains a mystery to humans. Now, marine biologists can add one more puzzle to the list. A collection of odd materials was discovered nearly four miles ...

Ancient sea creatures may have used magnetic particles to navigate. 3D scans reveal how these magnetofossils sensed Earth’s ...

The livestream featured transparent-faced fish drifting through dusky waters with only occasional mutters among marine biologists breaking the thick silence. The researchers behind the vehicle filming ...