Far below the ocean’s surface, where sunlight disappears and pressure reaches crushing levels, some of the planet’s strangest life forms thrive. These deep-sea creatures have evolved in total darkness ...

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.

Far beneath the waves, animals evolve in strange and surprising ways, often becoming much larger than their shallow-water relatives. This video explores why deep sea creatures grow to giant sizes, and ...

A recent video shows a massive bluntnose sixgill shark emerging from the deep sea. This ancient species, predating dinosaurs, ...

A transparent goby fish drifted through the darkness, its skeleton visible through paper-thin skin. Nearby, a sea slug wore ...

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 ...

The giant sea spiders can have leg spans of up to 20 inches (51 centimeters). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Scientists have ...

Starfish are fascinating and contradictory creatures – they may look a bit like stars but they are certainly not fish. As you can see in the above clip, they can even walk with a mesmerizing and other ...

An entire world lives deep under the ocean’s surface, far from human notice and as bustling as any city. Animals such as tubeworms and clams live crowded around plumes of methane that bubble up ...

A hidden ecosystem of giant sea spiders, octopuses, and other stunning sea creatures shows how life can flourish even when sealed off from the surface by a thick layer of ice. A large sponge, a ...

Visitors to Seaside might be surprised, and a little grossed out, to find thousands of transparent, blubbery, worm-like creatures on the beach this week. According to a press release from the Seaside ...