Researchers with NOAA and the Smithsonian announced the unusual object, first discovered in 2023 during a deep-sea expedition ...

The identity of the "golden orb" has been revealed as dead cells that anchored a deep-sea creature to the ocean floor.

After more than two years of analysis, NOAA and Smithsonian scientists have identified the viral "golden orb." (NOAA ...

Flinders University researchers have taken a revealing look inside the head of one of the first animals to crawl from the ...

An unusual "golden orb" discovered within the depths of the Gulf of Alaska has finally been identified, and it’s not what ...

Some octopuses that lived over 72 million years ago were as long as whales. These huge predators may have been the largest ...

Despite their flower-inspired name, sea pansies are not plants at all. Purple sea pansies are colonial marine animals in the ...

The Kraken is a huge tentacled sea monster from Norse folklore that drags ships and sailors down into the deep. During the age of dinosaurs, new research ​shows, there existed a creature as close to a ...

For nearly 25 years, a hand-sized fossil pulled from the rocks of Illinois held a remarkable title: the oldest known octopus ...

With the future of sicklefin devil rays hanging in the balance, crucial research is building knowledge about these graceful ...

is crimson creature glides through the twilight zone with rainbows dancing up and down its body but to predators it’s ...

If forced to choose one descriptor for the octopus, the best word may be “otherworldly.” These truly amazing marine animals ...