Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sea creatures have adapted to help them thrive in extreme environments. Unusual features allow them to live thousands of feet ...

Sea creatures have adapted to help them thrive in extreme environments. Unusual features allow them to live thousands of feet below the surface. Underwater robots give researchers a glimpse at some of ...

The supple little creatures look like ghosts as they wriggle around in the darkness. When they move closer into frame, it’s almost as if they’re flashing goofy grins for the camera. While scientists ...

In a groundbreaking discovery that expands the known boundaries of life habitats, scientists have uncovered extremophiles thriving in a blue ‘volcanic goo’ deep in the ocean. This finding builds on ...

The deep sea, home to some of Earth’s most enigmatic creatures, has recently revealed new insights into one of its giants. Alicella gigantea, a supergiant amphipod, has long been considered rare.

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 ...

What's the rarest ocean animal? Discover the rare and endangered ocean animals along with those that are rare because they're elusive. The rarest ocean animal is the vaquita — Spanish for “little cow” ...

Researchers have uncovered surprising evidence that the deep ocean’s carbon-fixing engine works very differently than long assumed. While ammonia-oxidizing archaea were thought to dominate carbon ...