When photographer Jialing Cai plunged into the ocean in the dead of night, she found creatures of the deep had risen up to ...

The first published live observations of the rare goblin shark (Mitsukurina owstoni) in its natural deep-ocean habitat were ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Far below the ocean’s surface, where sunlight can’t reach, some of the most unusual creatures on Earth thrive in complete darkness ...

Given how underexplored the Pacific Ocean is, it is not surprising that new species are being discovered every time a manned or unmanned deep-water submersible is launched to document the species ...

A potentially undescribed siphonophore. (ROV SuBastian/Schmidt Ocean Institute) An oceanic expedition has turned up 31 new ...

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 ...

Learn how likely new Arctic deep-sea species could help researchers map fragile sponge gardens and hydrothermal vents before ...

This video shows a sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) swimming beneath the ocean surface in deep blue water. The whale is ...

Three marine creatures were seen from the sky off the coast of New England in October, according to the New England Aquarium. Screengrab from the New England Aquarium on Facebook In a “rare sighting” ...

The ocean is still one of the biggest mysteries on Earth, and the deeper you go, the stranger it gets. Far below the surface, where sunlight can't reach, lives a world full of creatures that look more ...