Deep sea explorers want you to break out the "jazz hands" for this creature. On Nov. 4, the Schmidt Ocean Institute posted a video of one of its recent finds on Instagram. The nonprofit is dedicated ...

The nonprofit Schmidt Ocean Institute recently shared a video of the hairy ocean inhabitant — which it dubbed a “sassy sparkler” — on Instagram. “To describe this polychaete [a type of segmented ...

Deep below the surface of the ocean, light disappears and colors lose their vibrancy. In this desolate environment, one creature brings the pizzazz. An international team of researchers organized ...

Sport junkie or couch potato? Always on time or often late? The animal kingdom, too, is home to a range of personalities, each with its own lifestyle. Biologists report on a surprising discovery: even ...

CAPE LOOKOUT, N.C. (WTVD) -- The mysterious sea creatures found on the North Carolina coast in mid-July are no longer a mystery. Researchers from the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences ...

The lessons invertebrate zoologist Karen Osborn learns from the tiny worms may have robotic implications Megan Kalomiris Cirratulidae polychaete worms are covered in tangled strands of external gills.

A robotic explorer filmed the deep-sea worm as part of Schmidt Ocean Institute expedition of the Chile Margin Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her ...

In the deep sea off the coast of Chile, a wiggly creature glitters as it speeds across the seafloor. Matt Hardy via Unsplash Deep below the surface of the ocean, light disappears and colors lose their ...