The deep sea is one of the most mysterious and unexplored parts of our planet. It’s a place of total darkness, freezing ...

The world below the waves is among the hardest to access — but it's teeming with life in all its wonder and variety, as shown ...

A silvery 10-foot long creature, the oarfish has fueled fishermen’s tales of sea serpents — and in some cultures has been a ...

In February 2000, scientists spotted an unusual, glowing creature swimming 8,576 feet beneath the surface of the Pacific ...

The emperor scorpion lives in West Africa, where it can be found in rainforest and savanna habitats. They are burrowing ...

Monterey Bay is the best studied patch of deep ocean in the world,” said Bruce Robison, senior scientist at MBARI. “And yet ...

More than two decades after spotting a mysterious, gelatinous, bioluminescent creature swimming in the deep sea, California researchers this week announced that it is a new species of sea slug.

Scientists uncovered the "mystery mollusk," a strange glowing sea creature lurking in the ocean's midnight depths.

Researchers were baffled by a bioluminescent mollusk that lives in the deep ocean. They just discovered it's a new species of ...

"Everyone in the control room let out a loud 'Oooooh!' at the same time. We were all enchanted," a researcher said.

This critter lurks in the ocean's midnight zone, has a voluminous hood, is completely see through and is bioluminescent. It's ...

NPR's podcast Short Wave brings the stories of a newly identified deep sea creature, the benefits of exercise for healing our nervous system and science-backed tips for holiday eating.