Researchers say the discovery of the oldest known recordings of whale sounds could open up a new understanding of how the ...

A newly identified sponge order, Vilesida, produces sterols linked to the oldest-known animal biomarkers, supporting the idea ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The ocean is full of surprises, and scientists are still finding creatures that seem almost unreal. From tiny reef animals to ...

Glittery sea worms and sea squirts fit for "The Lord of the Rings" universe might sound like pure fantasy, but they're very real creatures living in the deep sea. Some of these otherworldly ocean ...

Researchers at Northwestern University have identified a single mechanical ratio that dozens of unrelated sea creatures, from jellyfish to squid to bony fish, appear to share when they swim. The ...

A study published in the journal Communications Biology has revealed that narwhals in Greenland are repeatedly colliding with passive acoustic monitoring devices. The researchers documented up to 11 ...

Researchers at MBARI, the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, have been exploring this hidden world for years. Using ...

For all of humanity’s ventures to outer space, we’ve yet to see 99.999% of the deep-sea floor. In the latest subaquatic news, researchers discovered some 4,000 marine species, 88% of which were new ...