Here’s a sentence you probably didn’t expect to read today: Thousands of strangers on the internet just collectively named a ...

A newly discovered deep-sea creature has become an unlikely Internet star. After appearing in a popular YouTube video, a rare ...

The people’s mollusc: Scientists name strange deep-sea creature after thousands offer suggestions online - Eleven different online participants independently suggested the same successful name ...

Scientists from the California Academy of Sciences described 72 new species last year, from elegant birds to strange sea slugs.

The world is full of strange creatures, and researchers discover new animal species every year. The oddities of fauna tend to become ever so much stranger when we leave the dry land and turn our gaze ...

In July and August scientists onboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor (too) spotted the oddities through the eyes of an underwater robot as they explored the Mar del Plata Canyon.

In fact, more people have walked on the Moon than have visited the deepest parts of our oceans. In this world of constant ...

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 ...

The Abdopus octopus is found in intertidal zones along the Northern Australian coastline. Rather than being restricted to ...