A remarkable yellow worm, Paralvinella hessleri, thrives near boiling, toxic hydrothermal vents in the Pacific. This deep-sea dweller ingeniously con ...

While some haunting creatures may be considered nightmare-fuel for most people, the scientists who study them couldn’t be ...

Scientists are speeding up the naming of deep-sea species before they vanish, using new tools to uncover life from below the ...

Scientists have discovered Chile’s red cusk-eel living deep inside methane seeps - chemical oases once thought too extreme ...

Artemis is the “goddess of the Moon and the hunt in Greek mythology,” researchers said, and the changing shell shapes of the new species is likened “to the moon’s waxing and waning.” The species has ...

Shipworms are also reasonably nutritious. Willer’s own analyses have found that naked clams are high in DHA omega acid, ...

The body of the bumpy snailfish has a jelly-like consistency, which is essential for surviving in the deep sea. This gel-like ...

In its second major collection, published in the Biodiversity Data Journal, over 20 researchers from around the world came ...

At the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, where sunlight never reaches and pressure would crush most life, scientists have ...

The rare sight of these creatures littering the beach was sculpted by a dramatic combination of heavy surf and low tides.

Lego have another tempting set for adults this Christmas, but rather than another licensed product this one features some ...

There is a reason we call ourselves the Blue Planet.