Beneath the ocean’s surface lies a world bursting with color—far more vibrant than many of us realize. From neon-bright fish to spotted crustaceans, some of the most colorful sea animals on the planet ...

Living in an essentially zero-gravity environment, many deep-sea animals have evolved soft, gelatinous bodies and collect food using elaborate mucus filters. Until now, studying these delicate ...

Discover the bizarre and fascinating creatures inhabiting the ocean's dark depths. From the ear-finned Dumbo Octopus to the ...

60 Interesting Ocean Facts That'll Either Terrify You or Amaze You originally appeared on Parade. The ocean makes up the majority of the Earth's surface, so it makes sense that 95% of our seas are ...

Cosmic Mysteries Science Can't Explain: 25 Things You Never Knew About The Earth: Did you know that only 20% of the worlds waterways have been explored? It truly remains one of the biggest mysteries ...

In 2020, Japan performed the first successful test extracting cobalt crusts from the top of deep-sea mountains to mine cobalt—a mineral used in electric vehicle batteries. Not only do directly mined ...

Anthony J. Richardson is at the Centre for Applications in Natural Resource Mathematics, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, 4067 Queensland, Australia, and at CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, ...

A.J. Bowman and Amy Kohlenberger love escaping to the beach for an afternoon of fun in the sun. But sometimes they dig their feet into sand and discover it doubles as a graveyard for plastic cups and ...