Blue blood may look alien, but it’s one of evolution’s most elegant solutions to life in extreme environments. Here’s how ...

Alexander the Great dived into the unknown, facing giant crabs, pearls, and mysterious depths in a legendary underwater ...

These "total monsters of fishes" are extinct today, though new clues about their lives come from CT scans and their closest ...

“A rare Mola mola (ocean sunfish) washed up on our shore at Cardiff State Beach today,” San Diego State Lifeguards stated ...

A list of animated cartoon series that kids who are obsessed with animals can watch to learn about ecosystems, animals and ...

New Scientist writers and contributors have chosen their top science-y books, films, TV shows, music, video games and board ...

Far below the ocean’s surface, where sunlight disappears and pressure reaches crushing levels, some of the planet’s strangest ...

Though it may not seem like it, the ocean is a much more terrifying place than the cosmos. From hideous, alien-like creatures ...

One that caught attention from many was a type of sea mollusk that washed ashore on South Padre Island in late May. Beachgoers joked that it was an "alien" and called it "freaky" looking. They told ...

The sucker-laden remains belong to a blob-like, seven-armed octopus that lives at depths of up to 3,900 feet. Females can be large, weighing 165 pounds, but males are much smaller, the Monterey Bay ...