The new species were found as deep as 16,000 feet below sea level ...

Known as Dalhousiella yabukii, the worm resides inside a glass sea sponge—a simple marine animal that forms a glass-like skeleton—in the cold, dark waters off the coast of Japan. And it’s just one of ...

Islands are already famous for strange wildlife, but their cave systems take isolation to another level. Cut off from ...

The researchers saw many strange animals — many believed to be new to science — living off the whale carcasses.

A potentially undescribed siphonophore. (ROV SuBastian/Schmidt Ocean Institute) An oceanic expedition has turned up 31 new ...

Scientists have discovered over 110 new deep-sea creatures in the Coral Sea, with the number likely to exceed 200. The creatures were found in the Coral Sea Marine Park at a depth between 2,000m and 3 ...

Fire salamanders—one of Europe's most well-researched amphibians—are biofluorescent, which means they can absorb light from ...

Ever come across a fiercely red-colored animal? While the mere thought of such creatures may seem like a bluff or straight ...