'Thousands and thousands' of these curious creatures have been showing up on the Texas shoreline, expert says. What are they?

The world is full of strange creatures, and researchers discover new animal species every year. The oddities of fauna tend to become ever so much stranger when we leave the dry land and turn our gaze ...

Scientists are a little closer to understanding what goes on deep beneath the surface of our oceans.

The ocean is home to some of the creepiest animals out there. It feels like the deeper you go in the water, the stranger and ...

People aren’t the only ones flooding the beaches along the coast of Northern California this month. In recent weeks, seemingly alien creatures have been found washed up in Monterey Bay, according to ...

Scientists from the California Academy of Sciences described 72 new species last year, from elegant birds to strange sea ...

Named for their plump, pink, and rounded bodies, sea pigs are very abundant, but you are unlikely to ever see one, living as they do at depths of over 1,200 to 5,000 metres (that’s over three miles!).

What are the blue blobs washing up on California beaches? What to know about these strange sea creatures. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

A deep-sea fish species with unusual cheek patterns has been discovered in the South China Sea after it was listed on online seafood markets. The fish has been named Branchiostegus sanae because its ...

The anemone is part of a new species, genus and family, according to the study. Photo by Yanghong Yu via Unsplash A “strange” creature recorded in the deep waters off the coast of Japan represents an ...

The vast array of organisms in the deep sea remains a mystery to humans. Now, marine biologists can add one more puzzle to the list. A collection of odd materials was discovered nearly four miles ...

The knotty sea spider, Pycnogonum litorale, is not actually a spider, but it does represent a significant early branch in the genetic family tree that includes spiders, as well as scorpions, ticks and ...