Fascinating and elusive, the deep-sea squid is a creature of intriguing mysteries. One of the most compelling is its ability ...

According to a study in the Harmful Algae journal, scientists found that harmful algal blooms have a connection between the ...

They had to sea it to believe it. Researchers near California waters found an elusive, deep sea “mystery” mollusk that operates as a Venus fly trap far below depth. The creature is also spectacularly ...

Cape Town's Muizenberg Beach was mesmerised by bioluminescence, a rare phenomenon that lit up the waves with a brilliant blue hue. It drew a huge crowd.

A couple of friends were mesmerized by the bioluminescent seawater they found in the Melbourne suburb of St Kilda one evening.“My friends and I went to St Kilda beach to see the ‘blue water’,” Maria ...

A closeup of the squid’s two photophores. Photo: UWA/Inkfish/Gizmodo A team of marine researchers with the Minderoo—UWA Deep Sea Research Centre got a treat recently, when a rare deep-sea hooked squid ...

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Written by Danielle DeLeo, postdoctoral associate in biological sciences at FIU. Our research focuses on octocorals ...

Deep sea creatures are remarkably well adapted to their hellish environment. So why do we parade them as bizarre and weird?

Telescopefish, residing in tropical and subtropical waters at depths of 500 to 2,000 metres, possess remarkable adaptations ...

Body characteristics needed for deep-sea survival can give creatures an alien-like look. But one scientist called the newly ...

Researchers have identified a new diatom species, Climaconeis heteropolaris, along India's southwestern coast. This discovery marks the first recordin ...