The newly active cold seep, a “natural phenomena” that causes “hydrocarbon-rich fluids and gases” to seep into the water through the sand and rock, was first discovered in 2015, according to a study ...
Remarkably alien-like creatures have been discovered for the first time in one of the most remote and unexplored parts of the ...
Transparent sea cucumbers, bowl-shaped sponges, and pink sea pigs are some of the fascinating animals discovered during a ...
Geobiologists reported a 550 million-year-old sea sponge that had been missing from the fossil record. The discovery sheds new light on a conundrum that has stumped zoologists and paleontologists for ...
The new species, Eusirus carolinus, has a red body with yellow eyes, “deep red” claws and a “pale red” tail, according to the ...
In the darkest depths of the Pacific Ocean, small “oases” host countless creatures searching for a bit of warmth. Around one ...
A bizarre-looking fish that generally lives over 2,000 feet beneath the surface and has only been spotted 31 times was ...
Some of these fish perform obligate parasitism, in which males attach to—and then fuse bodies with—the much-larger females ...
Evidence of a 900-mile-long river offers a rare glimpse at the land underneath the continent's thick ice sheets.
A study has used virtual recreations of the earliest animal ecosystems to show how organisms changed their environment and ...
Often found in coastal waters, seagrasses are an evolutionary wonder. Tens of millions of years ago, the flowering plants ...
While experiences in places as diverse as the Galapagos, the Great Wall of China and even the canals of Venice have been ...