If forced to choose one descriptor for the octopus, the best word may be “otherworldly.” These truly amazing marine animals ...

This enigmatic orb has undergone extensive examination and DNA testing, enabling scientists to reveal its true origins ...

Some octopuses that lived over 72 million years ago were as long as whales. These huge predators may have been the largest ...

Creatures that strongly resemble legends of the Kraken may have been the kings of Cretaceous seas. A study in Science finds ...

Despite their flower-inspired name, sea pansies are not plants at all. Purple sea pansies are colonial marine animals in the ...

That shiny "alien egg" pulled from the seafloor in 2023? Turns out it's the leftovers of a very big anemone. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists say they have finally pinned ...

Several recent books with unreliable narrators give children the rare pleasure of feeling smarter than the story.

is crimson creature glides through the twilight zone with rainbows dancing up and down its body but to predators it’s ...

With the future of sicklefin devil rays hanging in the balance, crucial research is building knowledge about these graceful ...

The strange, shiny discovery, retrieved from the ocean near Alaska in 2023, turned out to be part of an anemone, scientists said.

The identity of the "golden orb" has been revealed as dead cells that anchored a deep-sea creature to the ocean floor.

According to new research findings released Wednesday by the NOAA, the mysterious golden orb is “a remnant of the dead cells ...