Despite making up more than 70% of the Earth's surface, seas and oceans are largely unknown to science. It is estimated that we do not know even half of what happens in the aquatic ...

Scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography descended thousands of meters where they likely discovered dozens of new animal species. Creatures flourish where methane gas seeps into the ocean ...

Pat Hutchings, a marine biologist focused on studying marine worms, visited Bora-Bora in 2015 while on vacation and decided ...

Hogle Zoo enlisted pinniped anesthesia expert James Bailey, DVM, to try to diagnose Diego. On October 5, 2024, Bailey and a ...

The ʻImiloa Astronomy Center in Hilo is hosting the debut of Expedition Dinosaur: Into the Deep, a groundbreaking traveling display developed by Stage 9 Exhibits that dives into the marine reptiles, ...

Scientists discovered a new species of isopod in the South China Sea, and it was named Bathynomus vaderi after Darth Vader.

The veteran HOV can now officially dive deeper into the sea, broadening the horizons of scientific discoveries under the ...

As night fell across a remote region of northern Australia, a “velvet” creature emerged from a pile of rocks. Its hard-to-reach habitat and camouflaged coloring helped it go largely unnoticed — until ...

An amateur fossil hunter has uncovered a piece of animal vomit dating back 66 million years on a beach in Denmark.

Can fish feel pain? The debate rages among scientists as to whether fish do, in fact, feel pain or are just reacting ...

This deep-sea polar worm looks like it can't decide if it's dressed for a glitzy party or a gruesome massacre.