A 55-million-year-old predatory fish resurfaces after decades lost in notes and reveals ancient seas teeming with hunters.

Two new worm species that no human had ever documented were found living inside a glass sponge on the deep ocean floor off Japan’s coast. The sponge itself — a translucent, me ...

Scientists aboard the JAMSTEC research vessel Yokosuka deployed the Shinkai 6500, a crewed submersible, to explore two understudied deep-sea regions: the Nankai Trough and the Shichiyo Seamount Chain.

When we opened the fish’s mouth to take a closer look, something unexpected appeared. Tiny creatures were actually living inside it. This rare sight shows how strange and complex underwater ecosystems ...

A study reveals how the asexual Amazon molly defies evolutionary expectations — plus, evidence of what may be powering superluminous supernovae.

Even as opposition grows and the U.S. territory maintains a moratorium on seabed mining, NOAA began a $20 million survey of ...

That’s Tautog’s. Nestled in the heart of Virginia Beach, this charming seafood spot has the kind of exterior that makes you slow down while driving past. The white picket fence, the green-and-white ...

Florida conservation groups say they plan to sue after the federal government greenlit another development that threatens the ...

Deadliest Catch, a reality show following crab fishing crews in Alaska’s Bering Sea, certainly lives up to the name. The series, which airs on the Discovery Channel, is surely the deadliest show on ...

The waters off the glittering coastlines of Britain's Caribbean territories have long been a mystery. But now scientists on ...

In winter the city feels borderless. Frozen waterways blur into land, and only a bridge or half-buried boat hints that water ...

Reviewing those rare encounters, marine scientist Mark C. Benfield at Louisiana State University (LSU) connected scattered sightings and documented the fish alive in its natural depth range. Footage ...