Suddenly the dark waters lit up with a “starry”-looking glow. The source? An unusual new species of deep-sea animal. “Everyone in the control room let out a loud ‘Oooooh!’ at the same time. We were ...

Scientists discovered a fascinating new deep sea animal they call the "mystery mollusc," and captured footage of the glowing ...

Glowing in the dark can help a jelly disguise itself as zooplankton while seeking its own prey. These creatures of the sea ...

These dark depths are home to a menagerie of deep sea creatures, from bright red bloody-belly comb jellies (Lampocteis ...

Marine biologists have found a new sea slug that is right at home in the ocean’s deep and dark midnight zone ... so unique ...

Unlike albinism, where there is a complete lack of melanin and the iris is red due to underlying blood vessels, leucistic animals retain normal eye pigmentation. In the case of this angular roughshark ...

Scientists have spotted a deep-sea “ghost” white shark with a rare genetic disorder, shedding light on how such abnormalities ...

Microbes unable to break down carbohydrates belong to a newly identified family of marine bacteria. A German-American ...

During a solar eclipse, the unexpected dark might trigger an ... insights into how these marine animals adapt to abrupt changes in their environment. Observing sea turtles during the eclipse ...

Scientists uncover unique bacteria within Gulf of Mexico's coral reefs, revealing insights into coral survival in the ocean’s ...

The park sitting at about 8,520 feet (2,600 meters) above sea level on the outskirts of Queretaro gives unobstructed access to the night sky. While over 200 dark sky places exist globally ...