The researchers saw many strange animals — many believed to be new to science — living off the whale carcasses.

There’s a new fish in town off the western coast of Australia. Corey Serravite via Unsplash Across the world’s oceans, a group of fish blend into rocky bottoms and coral reefs, waiting in ambush for ...

The ocean covers more than 70 percent of Earth’s surface, yet we’ve explored less of it than we have the surface of the moon. Down in the deepest, darkest parts of the sea, where sunlight never ...

Underwater noise pollution is becoming a growing concern in the Western Indian Ocean, where whales, dolphins, fish, turtles, and invertebrates depend on sound. As shipping and industrial activity ...

Q. I enjoy learning about bizarre animals like the terrestrial one you recently wrote about called a hammerhead worm. With all the strange animals found on land, the oceans must be full of even more ...