Animals vary greatly in size, with species like the Blue Whale and Ostrich standing out as some of the largest creatures on ...

In the south Atlantic, north of Antarctica, a group of islands is one of the most remote island chains in the world. The ecosystem is home to seamounts, hydrothermal vents, deep-sea trenches and ...

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The world under the sea is a whole new one and all the ... making itself a rare photosynthetic animal. With the largest leg span in all of the arthropods, the Japanese spider crab spans up to ...

It has been a dramatic change of fortunes for the blobfish. Back in 2013, the gelatinous sea creature was declared the world’s ugliest animal. But now it has been voted New Zealand’s “fish ...

Anglers caught a 6-foot-long sea creature with a “sharp” nose, later identified by scientists as a new species, a study said and photos show. Google Street View ...

Weighing up to 700 pounds green turtles are among the largest sea turtles in the world. Their proportionally small head, which is nonretractable, extends from a heart-shaped carapace that measures ...