Left: Researchers collecting water samples from the CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth) rosette that is lowered into the cold, saline water at Cape Darnley. Right: Steaming south on an icebreaker the ...

Perhaps it was hiding from predators. Or trying to catch food. Then again, maybe it just wanted to be left alone. By Elizabeth Preston Like a scarf out of a magician’s sleeve, the squid appeared.

A carnivorous death ball sponge preying on victims in the dark recesses of the ocean floor may sound like something from a sci-fi horror movie, but that was exactly what was found in a pioneering ...

Sea creatures have adapted to help them thrive in extreme environments. Unusual features allow them to live thousands of feet below the surface. Underwater robots give researchers a glimpse at some of ...

As Universitat de Barcelona shared, an international team of researchers found 167 items at the bottom of the Calypso Deep, the deepest point of the Mediterranean Sea that is around 3.2 miles below ...

A member of Congress is gaining widespread attention after claiming that extraterrestrial beings are operating from underwater bases near the United States coastline. Representative Tim Burchett, a ...

The mysteries of our ocean are not fully understood. The deepest, darkest areas may conjure up ideas of monsters like the megalodon from the Jason Statham movie. Though there are creepy creatures down ...

We're not sure if mermaids regularly check their eel mail or if they prefer to receive instant messages (or simply messages in a bottle). Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. But ...

We know next to nothing about 99.999 percent of the seafloor. How one researcher plans to democratize deep-sea exploration. Katy Croff Bell, who has been an ocean researcher for 25 years, is working ...

Strange organisms that get their energy from chemical reactions instead of the sun have been discovered at the bottom of ocean trenches up to 31,000 feet deep in the northwest Pacific between Russia ...