Scientists discovered a shimmering polychaete worm in the Chile Margin, fascinating viewers and advancing ocean research.

Scientists were dazzled after discovering an iridescent, bristled sea worm that is being compared to an aquatic “toilet ...

Researchers from the Schmidt Ocean Institute spotted the animal while using an underwater robot to scour the seabed.

A small team of marine scientists from the University of the Ryukyus, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology and ...

Photographs of seahorses taken by scuba divers revealed evidence of a long-lost species of marine worm that hasn’t been seen ...

Years ago, as a student at the University of the Ryukyus in in Okinawa, Japan, Ai Takahata was researching the color patterns of a seahorse about the size of a shelled peanut. The pygmy seahorse ...

Earth's oceans are full of strange creatures. A team of scientists from the Schmidt Ocean Institute have found a ...

The deep sea is home to a lot of weird creatures. Some are brand new species living in the midnight zone, while others are ...

A robotic explorer filmed the deep-sea worm as part of Schmidt Ocean Institute expedition of the Chile Margin Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013.

An ongoing ocean expedition to a dynamic marine realm off the little-explored Chilean coast — with seeps and vents emitting nutrients into the water — has spotted a curious, almost alien-looking ...

The mission, undertaken by the Schmidt Ocean Institute and its 7,055-pound robotic explorer ROV SuBastian, documented a shimmering species of polychaete crawling on the seafloor. It's a ...

CLIMATEWIRE | More than a third of the world’s tree species are at risk of extinction, according to findings by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The group said that its first ...