Around the deep-sea vents off the southern coast of Japan, a small, “glass”-like creature was discovered. Getty Images/iStockphoto Off the coast of Japan, thousands of feet below the surface, the ...

Deep under the surface of the South China Sea, a new species waits buried in the sand. Matt Hardy via Unsplash More than 4,000 feet below the ocean’s surface, a crack in the seafloor spews gases into ...

Beaches often gift us treasures like seashells or sea creatures, but sometimes, certain rare and unique creatures wash up on ...

The deep sea is home to weird and wonderful creatures that, over millions of years, have evolved specific traits to survive the extreme conditions of their habitat. These adaptations to their ...

A rare purple sea snail (Janthina) washes ashore in San Deigo. Scientists reveal its floating bubble-raft lifestyle, striking violet colour and how ocean currents unexpectedly carried it to the beach.

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SANIBEL, Fla. (WFLA) — Southwest Florida beachgoers have noticed an unusual sea creature swimming by to their boats and washing up from the Gulf of Mexico. “It looks like a cross between a jellyfish ...

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, ...

An unsuspecting shellfish with an adorable-looking shell may contain the secrets of fast internet speed. This quirk of evolution marks the first time fiber-optic cable bundles have been spotted in a ...

From shallow reefs to pitch-black depths, the ocean is alive with sparkling lights. Fish, squid, clams and plankton have found a wide range of ways to glow, shimmer and flash, lighting up the dark ...

From mysterious colossal squid to the ferocious pram bug, these creatures are stranger than fiction. Found in the depths of the Pacific Ocean, the flower hat jellyfish (Olindias formosa) glides with ...