When you think of great swimmers, animals like dolphins, fish, or penguins probably come to mind. But the animal kingdom is ...

These animals have unique and unusual ways to live in a difficult environment. The odd, adorable, deep-sea "dumbo" octopus is not the name of a single species, but instead refers to an entire genus of ...

In July and August scientists onboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor (too) spotted the oddities through the eyes of an underwater robot as they explored the Mar del Plata Canyon.

The aquariums said its aerial survey team spotted three True’s beaked whales, a species “rarely seen at the surface,” while above the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument off the ...

In the deepest and coldest parts of the ocean, sea creatures — mainly invertebrates, or animals without backbones — can reach gargantuan proportions. Squids, sea spiders, worms and a variety of other ...

Thousands of meters below the ocean's surface lurk some gigantic creatures, much larger than their shallow-water brethren. Scientists have a few hunches for why this happens, but the debate continues.

The researchers found that 3D tracking tags picked up circling movements in various animals including, king penguins, tiger sharks, whale sharks and a Cuvier's beaked whale. Narazaki et al. / iScience ...

Deep sea mining has disastrous consequences for marine life, many of which are still unknown to oceanographers.

It looked like something out of an apocalyptic movie. Over the past few weeks, droves of sick and dying sea animals have been washing up along the coast of Southern California, including beaches in ...