The world's largest invertebrate remained hidden from humanity until a tantalising glimpse 100 years ago. But it would be ...

Though recently gaining the limelight as a superior alternative to lobster tail, a species of giant isopod is making ...

Mark your calendar for the Mother Tongue Film Festival and events covering everything from odd oceanic couples to resilient ...

Rising mountain peaks and sharp rock formations cover the ocean floor, with corals, sponges, fish, and tons of sea creatures ...

Nearly a dozen miles off the California coast on a foggy October morning, a crane lifts a boxy yellow robot off the deck of the research vessel Rachel Carson and lowers it into Monterey Bay’s choppy ...

The Barreleye fish’s see-through head is a rare and incredible feature, giving it an almost otherworldly appearance. It can ...

While NASA was trying to put a man on the moon, the Navy was quietly conducting a series of tests to see if humans could live ...

In recent years, the deep-sea giant isopod has also become a seafood delicacy in Vietnam, where it was discovered ...

When oceanographer and marine geologist Robert Ballard was a child, he didn’t read Jules Verne’s “Twenty Thousand Leagues ...

The Jacuzzi of Death, located 3,000ft below the Gulf of Mexico, is a circle around 100-foot wide and has very dense, very toxic waters containing methane and hydrogen sulphide ...

Why it's awesome: Earth's oceans are home to many secretive and unusual creatures that humans rarely see — including giant ...