Many otherworldly deep-sea creatures, though ... Its appearance is nowhere near the mythical Yeti, but its silky blond setae was inspired by the ape-like creature in the Himalayas, hence the ...

Most of what we know about the elusive creature comes from research on its remains found in whale stomachs, but scientists ...

Their residence attracts shrimp, fish and many other creatures. These deep-sea oases are just some of many areas of the ocean floor that scientists are only beginning to explore, discovering new ...

Love is weird in the deep sea. In some species, tiny male anglerfish fuse permanently to the much larger female—literally becoming part of her body. He provides sperm; she provides everything else.

Researchers and crewmembers aboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute's Falkor (too), "seized upon the moment" and were richly ...

Roy P. Mackal — the controversial and colorful University of Chicago scientist whose study of monsters caught the attention ...

While operating the deep-sea robot nearly 7,000 feet below the surface, the machine’s camera captured a creature that appeared to be “all legs” walking across the seafloor, according to a ...

Iceberg A-84 broke off from Antarctica and revealed a thriving community of sea creatures underneath ... below the surface of the ocean. "Normally, deep-sea ecosystems get their nutrients from ...

A new study analyzes the evolutionary history of 11 deep-sea species from environments stretching from the central Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean and found that all species contained the ...