Scientists have long assumed the deep-sea Alicella gigantea was an uncommon survivor of the abyss.

The 30cm-long (11.8in) juvenile was spotted at a depth of 600m (1,968ft), near the South Sandwich Islands in the south ...

As companies search underwater for resources, scientists are taking inventory of the ocean-dwelling creatures that could be ...

Lanice spongicola lives on a glass sponge, a deep-sea sponge with a skeleton made of silica, that rises from hard rock. The ...

Deep-sea creatures exhibit gigantism, with football-sized eyes and van-sized sponges thriving in crushing darkness. These ...

NEW YORK — An underwater voyage has revealed a network of creatures thriving at the bottom of deep-sea ocean trenches. In these extreme environments, the crushing pressure, scant food and lack of ...

Scientists could never square theory with data on how certain organisms fixed carbon. Turns out they were asking the wrong ...

A BDMLR spokesperson said: "After storms and high tides, seals often haul out to rest, digest and recover. "For very young ...

One that caught attention from many was a type of sea mollusk that washed ashore on South Padre Island in late May.