In July and August scientists onboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor (too) spotted the oddities through the eyes of an underwater robot as they explored the Mar del Plata Canyon.

Scientists from the California Academy of Sciences described 72 new species last year, from elegant birds to strange sea slugs.

The knotty sea spider, Pycnogonum litorale, is not actually a spider, but it does represent a significant early branch in the genetic family tree that includes spiders, as well as scorpions, ticks and ...

In fact, more people have walked on the Moon than have visited the deepest parts of our oceans. In this world of constant ...

Nature's vast ecosystems harbor extraordinary creatures with unusual characteristics that make them appear as if they emerged from fantasy worlds, yet they ...

Animals have a way of breaking our expectations. That is why so many weird animal facts sound fake when you hear them for the first time. We tend to judge the natural world using human logic, but ...

You may have read that the deep sea is a very different environment from the land and shallow water. There is no light, it is very cold, and the pressure of all the water above is immense. Plants ...

Text and pop-up illustrations depict sea animals such as the hermit crab, moray eel, and octopus.