A hidden ecosystem of giant sea spiders, octopuses, and other stunning sea creatures shows how life can flourish even when sealed off from the surface by a thick layer of ice.

Around 14,500 years ago, toward the end of the last ice age, melting continental ice sheets drove a sudden and cataclysmic ...

A “beautiful, thriving ecosystem” has emerged from the shadows after an iceberg the size of Chicago splintered off Antarctica ...

A woman was arrested after a dead animal was found in a bathroom at the Orlando International Airport (OIA), officials say. A 10-month-old spider monkey lost one of his arms after what officials at ...

The growth and lifespan of Parvancorina minchami, small anchor-shaped animals that lived on the seafloor about 550 million ...

Gene Related to Human Kidney Disease Linked to Touch in Sea Anemones Mar. 12, 2025 — A new article expands our understanding of sensory neurons in the tentacles of sea anemones, linking them to ...

Footage of a submersible capturing some intriguing footage of a pre-historic sea animal has resurfaced, as it was making its way across the ocean floor. The OceanX sub captured something so ...

On March 1, Antarctic sea ice likely reached its minimum extent of 1.98 million square kilometers (764,000 square miles), tying for second lowest extent with 2022 and 2024 in the 47-year satellite ...

Meanwhile, eight transgression-regression sequences were identified, revealing a sea-level change trend consistent with ... carbonate factories may reflect the direct impact of the Late Paleozoic ...

A major fossil site bearing witness to the Cambrian explosion and providing evolutionary evidence for early life-forms, it was deemed one of the most surprising scientific discoveries of the 20th ...

In footage posted by Roman Fedortsov to his popular Instagram account, the creature sits perched on the rusting, weatherworn railing of a fishing trawler, bloated, slimy and apparently quite dead.

In the ocean, scientists have determined that microplastics are being spread through animal waste at surprising levels. A research team from Tel Aviv University found that marine animals consume ...