Beneath the ocean’s surface lies a world teeming with creatures whose lives are as enigmatic as they are extraordinary. Among ...

“To describe this polychaete, one simply must use jazz hands — it is the only way to capture this deep-sea worm’s dazzle ... fishing bait and even human food in certain areas of the ...

Osedax worms are called a “bone-eating” species, but they actually don’t eat the bone at all, according to the Smithsonian ...

In the deep sea off the coast of Brazil ... in what are called “whale falls,” becoming an essential source of food, nutrients and habitat for the creatures of the deep. Their bodies can ...

Despite their blubbery bodies, whales eventually sink to the bottom in what are called “whale falls,” becoming an essential source of food ... bones into the deep sea off the coast of Brazil ...