Despite their flower-inspired name, sea pansies are not plants at all. Purple sea pansies are colonial marine animals in the ...

"I find this so interesting. I have not heard or seen this beautiful creature before." ...

If forced to choose one descriptor for the octopus, the best word may be “otherworldly.” These truly amazing marine animals ...

Far below the ocean’s surface, where sunlight can’t reach, some of the most unusual creatures on Earth thrive in complete ...

Far below the ocean’s surface, where sunlight can’t reach, some of the most unusual creatures on Earth thrive in complete darkness. These deep-sea animals have evolved strange shapes, glowing features ...

It looked like something plucked from a fairy tale — a fleshy, violet disc sitting in the sand along the Southern California shoreline. One beachgoer thought she had stumbled upon some kind of purple ...

Scientists have found evidence that a 300-million-year-old sea creature previously thought to be the world's oldest octopus is actually a nautilus relative.

In the depths of Earth's briny waters lurk some truly strange deep-sea creatures Rare and remarkable deep-sea creatures ...

This creature doesn’t think the way we do—because it doesn’t have just one brain. With 9 brains and 3 hearts, it can process information across its entire body, even controlling each arm independently ...

On the morning of December 22nd, 1938, a young museum curator in East London, South Africa, found something on the deck of a ...

A strange creature from the deep ocean, Ferreiraella populi, was named by internet users and is now a scientifically ...

Peer into the water at the tide pools of Fort Ross State Historic Park on the Sonoma Coast, and you’ll see what appears to be ...