The ocean is full of surprises, and scientists are still finding creatures that seem almost unreal. From tiny reef animals to ...

These spheres from the abyss conceal creatures with startling biology.

A species of rarely seen since its discovery in the late 19th century, the goblin shark recently turned up in Spanish waters.

The bumphead sunfish (Mola alexandrini) is one of the strangest and most impressive giants in the ocean. With a flattened, ...

East-west coastlines trap marine species during warming, blocking escape routes and increasing extinction risk over millions ...

Few have explored the ocean’s deepest depths – but those rare few have shared images of the strangest, most mysterious ...

Nature's deadliest arsenal lurks in the shadows of oceans, forests, and deserts, where tiny creatures wield toxins far ...

The remarkable discovery of animal life beneath the seafloor shows that life finds a way even in the most extreme environments, potentially boosting hopes for finding life beyond Earth. Reading time 4 ...

A mining-machine test on the deep-ocean floor resulted in species diversity declining by roughly 32% in the tracks of the mining equipment. Researchers worked in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone ( CCZ) ...

"Our Oceans" is a five-episode documentary series set to premiere on Netflix on Nov. 20 Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has previously ...

A group of German scientists tested the effects of a more acidic ocean on sharks' teeth and found that future generations of ...