Scientists are speeding up the naming of deep-sea species before they vanish, using new tools to uncover life from below the ...

Deep sea mining has disastrous consequences for marine life, many of which are still unknown to oceanographers.

The gulper eel ( Saccopharynx lavenbergi), also called a pelican eel, is roughly a meter of tail and mouth. This unusual fish, the only species in the genus Eurypharynx, slinks through the water as ...

Scientists from Australia and Japan studying three trenches find ‘organisms have adapted strategies to filter things out of ...

Freshwater and sea turtles may look similar, but neither one could survive in the other's territory for these reasons.

The Arctic Ocean, once locked in a vault of thick, old ice, now is transforming at lightspeed. Temperatures there are ...

The ocean depth is something you and me can't observe on a daily basis, even though it has so many curious things! For ...

While they might look harmless, experts say a Portuguese man o’ war could leave a painful sting you won’t forget.

As Arctic sea ice melts, new life may emerge from the thaw. Researchers have discovered that bacteria beneath and along the melting ice are converting nitrogen gas into a form that fuels algae. The ...

This Sunday, Bethesda’s 10:00 am service is going to the dogs - and cats, birds, bunnies, and maybe even a lizard or two. The ...