Scientists have discovered the deepest known animal ecosystem on Earth, thriving almost 10 kilometres beneath the Pacific ...

After identifying a deep-sea coral garden off West Africa in the 1960s, researchers thought it was dead so didn’t explore it ...

The Gulf is in the throes of a turbulent new era that holds enormous consequences for Louisiana and the other states along ...

Clams and snails rule today’s shores because their ancient ancestors survived a catastrophe that erased nearly all ocean life. The shells scattered along modern beaches are clues to an ancient ...

Thousands of meters beneath the ocean surface, creatures that have never been formally named are vanishing before scientists ...

Living nearly 900 meters underwater, this isopod evolved unusual adaptations to thrive in the world’s most food-scarce ...

Hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor host a broad range of rare and unusual ecosystems. They can be spread far apart, yet ...

Hyperiid amphipods are a small but anatomically diverse group of shrimp-like crustaceans with remarkable adaptations for life ...

Marine animals do not just struggle when ocean temperatures spike, they actually shrink, and a massive new study shows this ...

A deep ocean whale graveyard is revealing new clues about whale evolution and the ecosystems that form around their remains.

An endangered sea turtle named Lucky washed up in Nova Scotia last year. Scientists are trying to solve the mystery of why ...

Meet some of the 31 new species scientists have identified in what could be record time, off the coast of Brazil.