It's not easy to look at a sea spider and see an animal so representative of its kind that it may help scientists sort out ...

In a leap toward sustainable desalination, researchers have created a solar-powered sponge-like aerogel that turns seawater ...

The intricate, hidden processes that sustain coral life are being revealed through a new microscope developed by scientists ...

Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with ...

Researchers have developed a sponge-like material with long, microscopic air pockets that uses sunlight and a simple plastic ...

In 1901, sponge divers discovered a 2,000-year-old computer in a shipwreck—and it continues to baffle historians today. This ...

Dubbed "allokelping," it might be a unique cultural phenomenon that's as endangered as the orca population itself ...

Microscopic image of Sericosura sea spider. Image via Shana Goffredi “While the deep sea feels far away, all organisms are interconnected, and the processes in one ecosystem affect the other,” ...

The research offers new insights on interactions between creatures on the mysterious seafloor and sheds light on the methane ...

The never-before-seen footage of sea creatures struggling in fishing nets is featured in National Geographic’s new documentary Ocean with David Attenborough.

The anemone, named Discoactis tritentaculata, or “umi-no-Fujisan,” which translates to “Mount Fuji of the ocean” in Japanese, ...

A “strange” creature recorded in the deep waters off the coast of Japan represents an exceptionally rare kind of discovery. With a body shaped like Mount Fuji, the new-to-science sea anemone ...