A new study on deep-sea biodiversity revealed over 500 new species — and it couldn't have come at a more critical time.

Scientists have captured footage of a sleeper shark farther south than ever before, suggesting Antarctica’s Southern Ocean is ...

Researchers filmed a 10-to-13-foot sleeper shark off the South Shetland Islands, in what may be the first recording of the species that far south.

The question is no longer whether China will take part in global ocean governance, but whether it aims to shape it-- and potentially lead it.

It’s impossible to ignore a new discovery known affectionately as the death ball. And there’s a good reason to pay attention to this creature: it represents a group of organisms that scientists are ...

Scientists propose that eukaryotes formed when an Asgard archaeon entered into a close partnership with an alphaproteobacterium. Over time, the two organisms became permanently linked. The ...

From the octopus that walks on land to another that grows its own ‘lifejacket’, discover these unusual species ...

It’s long been believed that the waters of the Antarctic Ocean are too cold for sharks, but newly-released video contradicts that. A sleeper shark was spotted swimming along the sea floor there.

For more than a century, biology textbooks have stated that vision among vertebrates - people included - is built from two clearly defined cell types: rods for processing dim light and cones for ...

Scientists discover a 21-million-year-old dwarf sea cow that grazed in the Arabian Gulf, revealing how it transformed marine ecosystems.

Big-eyed fish, white squat lobsters and curious-looking brittle stars are all living among the wrecked ship, new study ...

We opened a window into our country’s biodiversity only to find there are so many more windows left to be opened.” ...