In June 2024, scientists off Baja California confirmed the first live sighting of the ginkgo-toothed beaked whale, a deep-sea creature previously known only from stranded remains. The encounter, ...

Discover scary marine animals with names that sound like horror movie titles, from the black seadevil anglerfish to the dead man's fingers.

The ocean covers more than 70% of our planet, yet 95% of it remains unexplored. In those crushing, lightless depths — where pressure can exceed 1,000 times what we experience at the surface — life ...

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 ...

Glittery sea worms and sea squirts fit for "The Lord of the Rings" universe might sound like pure fantasy, but they're very real creatures living in the deep sea. Some of these otherworldly ocean ...