Scientists on the US West Coast say they discovered three previously unknown species of deep-sea spider that could have a ...

The latest addition is the Marine Organizational Body Size (MOBS) database, an open-access resource that—as its name ...

Octopuses have a few characteristics that make them stand out as one of the most intelligent mollusks in the ocean. These ...

Brave rescuers risk their own safety to free animals like humpback whales that become entangled in ropes and other fishing ...

Art often imitates life, and sometimes animals do, too. The enormous jellyfish seen in this YouTube video bears a striking ...

Sharks, rays, octopus and penguins are among more than 330 species killed by the mass algal bloom washing across South ...

This week’s beachcombing survey brought in a fresh batch of sargassum washed ashore — and with it, some of the ocean’s most elusive hitchhikers: sargassum shrimp. These tiny crustaceans, often ...

Bountiful remains of foraminifera reveal how organisms responded to climate disturbances of the past. They can help predict the future, too.

Biology professor Shana Goffredi calls these new curious creatures “extremely adorable” — although arachnophobes may disagree ...

The well-known Portuguese man o’ war — Physalia physalis — may look like a jellyfish, but it’s actually a siphonophore, or a colony of animals that live together to create the complete structure, ...

The Atacama Trench, located off the coast of Peru and Chile, is one of the deepest oceanic regions on our planet, and ...