It’s hard to picture now, but Earth’s deep blue oceans were once green. According to a new study by Japanese researchers, ...

An expedition spotted a baby of the species in the South Sandwich Islands. This cephalopod can grow to more than 20 feet and has proved elusive in its deep-sea environs.

New Curtin-led research has revealed that water played a far bigger role than previously thought in shaping Earth's first continents, transforming the planet's early crust and helping to build the ...

For years, a mysterious fossil specimen defied categorization, until one paleontologist made a surprising discovery.

The first confirmed footage of a juvenile colossal squid in its natural habitat shows a delicate and graceful animal – far ...

Scientists discovered a 480-million-year-old phosphatic sponge in South China, making it the oldest known stromatoporoid and extending its fossil record by 20 million years. International scientists ...

Scientists on an icebreaker ship have captured a number of weird and wacky animals from Antarctica's ocean floor, including a bizarre pig-shaped creature.