Picture this: vast underwater mountains hiding creatures that seem ripped from science fiction, animals that create their own light shows in eternal darkness, and ecosystems thriving under pressures ...

The strange creatures that dwell in the deepest depths of the Earth’s oceans could provide many ideas for a budding science ...

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 ...

Lanice spongicola lives on a glass sponge, a deep-sea sponge with a skeleton made of silica, that rises from hard rock. The worm builds a thin mucus tube on the lower part of the sponge and presses ...

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

In the deep sea, there are places where chemicals and nutrients seep out of the sediment and into the water. These chemosynthetics-based ecosystems were discovered in 1977, and in the decades since, ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

For an animal, surviving in the ocean’s deepest trenches requires remarkable adaptations: a gelatinous body that can withstand pressure, bioluminescent features to guide it, and a transparent ...

Nature's wonders continue to astound, featuring creatures like the small, barking Muntjac deer and the uniquely smelly ...