A newly discovered predatory “death-ball” sponge in the Southern Ocean hunts small prey with tiny hooks, revealing surprising deep-sea behaviour and hidden marine biodiversity.

Beachgoers on a popular stretch of U.S. coastline have been stopping in their tracks at the sight of translucent, blue and ...

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

Beneath the ocean's surface lies a world of perpetual darkness, home to some of Earth's most bizarre and fascinating creatures. These deep-sea inhabitants have evolved extraordinary adaptations to ...

A lot of weird-looking life-forms lurk in the deep sea, and this year we got some spectacularly close looks at several of ...

The strangest sea creatures found off Japan’s coast. JFK's niece has message for man who bought Trump-Kennedy Center domain ...

These three fish are freaks, phantoms and mysteries of the deep. Here’s what we’ve learned from the rare glimpses we’ve had of their lives. The deep sea is one of Earth’s final frontiers. Given its ...

Meet the “ghost fish,” a phantom of the abyss. Here’s how we found the first ever proof of its existence just a few years ago. The deep sea is a part of the world that very few humans get the chance ...

Whether it's reversible anuses or exploding intestines, the natural world proves that internal body parts shouldn't always ...