Mermaids have somehow managed to become the ultimate fantasy contradiction: gorgeous enough to inspire poetry, terrifying ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Far below the ocean’s surface, where sunlight can’t reach, some of the most unusual creatures on Earth thrive in complete darkness ...

An underwater voyage has revealed a network of creatures thriving at the bottom of deep-sea ocean trenches, researchers said in a newly published paper. The deep-sea trenches, also called Hadal ...

Thousands of meters below the ocean's surface lurk some gigantic creatures, much larger than their shallow-water brethren. Scientists have a few hunches for why this happens, but the debate continues.

Somewhere between Hawaii and Mexico, more than four kilometers below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, 24 species of tiny ...

The ocean is still one of the biggest mysteries on Earth, and the deeper you go, the stranger it gets. Far below the surface, where sunlight can’t reach, lives a world full of creatures that look more ...

Given how underexplored the Pacific Ocean is, it is not surprising that new species are being discovered every time a manned or unmanned deep-water submersible is launched to document the species ...

Meet the “ghost fish,” a phantom of the abyss. Here’s how we found the first ever proof of its existence just a few years ago. The deep sea is a part of the world that very few humans get the chance ...

A deep-sea mollusk, Catillopecten margaritatus, lost its sight and adapted to bacteria and chemicals to survive in extreme total darkness ...

A newly discovered deep-sea creature has become an unlikely Internet star. After appearing in a popular YouTube video, a rare chiton found nearly three miles beneath the ocean surface sparked a global ...