The deep sea is home to weird and wonderful creatures that, over millions of years, have evolved specific traits to survive the extreme conditions of their habitat. These adaptations to their ...

Forget Bigfoot. Some of the ocean's rarest animals have been spotted far less often than mythical monsters. Many live in the twilight zone, 650 to 3,300 feet below the surface, where just enough ...

Scientists on California’s Central Coast recently spotted a giant, evasive seven-arm octopus while on a research expedition in Monterey Bay.The rare creature, called Haliphron atlanticus, was seen by ...

Field expeditions in marine biology can be unpredictable. Sometimes, they yield little more than old barnacles; other times, they result in stunning ocean footage and the discovery of dozens of ...

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SAN FRANCISCO -- NOAA is offering everyone above water a new look at a rare jellyfish. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released video showing a "cosmic jellyfish" spotted during an ...

Here’s a sentence you probably didn’t expect to read today: Thousands of strangers on the internet just collectively named a deep-sea creature that lives on sunken wood at the bottom of the ocean, and ...

Two rare “doomsday fish” appeared near a beach in Cabo San Lucas. Instagram/Monica Pittenger Instagram/Monica Pittenger A quiet beach day in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, turned into an extraordinary ...