Those bizarre sea creatures that light up like carnival rides are actually ctenophores, which have an ancient brainlike structure.

Strolling a familiar beach and stumbling upon a relic from the age of dinosaurs sounds like pure fantasy, yet that is exactly what happened on England’s west coast. A stretch of shoreline below ...

Explore seven jelly creatures found off the Oregon coast, from Velella velella and moon jellies to giant lion’s mane, with graphics showing size, stings and other key facts.

Sharks might not be a natural biological group, with most species potentially closer kin to rays than to an oddball group of sharks.

Researchers suggest that predation by a subspecies called Bigg's orcas might explain why members of another one, called resident orcas, stay in such large family groups ...

Advanced 3D reconstructions of the comb jelly’s aboral organ reveal a sensory system far more complex than scientists expected. The organ contains a wide variety of specialized cells and is closely ...

Here’s a sentence you probably didn’t expect to read today: Thousands of strangers on the internet just collectively named a deep-sea creature that lives on sunken wood at the bottom of the ocean, and ...

A newly discovered deep-sea creature has become an unlikely Internet star. After appearing in a popular YouTube video, a rare chiton found nearly three miles beneath the ocean surface sparked a global ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — One of the many things the Virginia Aquarium does is help sick animals. The specialized veterinarians at the aquarium want to teach other vets to do what they do, so they’ve ...

Michal Kowalewski receives funding from federal agencies (National Science Foundation) and private organizations such as Felburn Foundation and University of Florida Foundation. Thomas K. Frazer ...

The Texas coastline is seeing a rare and unusual sight: thousands of mysterious sea creatures washing ashore after what experts are calling a “mass die off.” The creatures, commonly known as sea ...

A mass die-off along the Texas coast has afflicted a strange, rarely seen creature — and recent cold weather could be to blame. “The biggest news this week has to be the mass die off of these sea ...