Beachgoers on a popular stretch of U.S. coastline have been stopping in their tracks at the sight of translucent, blue and ...

Strange animals found at the bottom of the ocean challenge our current understanding of life, scientists have said. Researchers diving almost 10,000 meters deep into the Pacific Ocean found tube worms ...

Nature's wonders often defy human logic. Animals possess astonishing abilities honed by evolution for survival. Octopuses ...

The knotty sea spider, Pycnogonum litorale, is not actually a spider, but it does represent a significant early branch in the genetic family tree that includes spiders, as well as scorpions, ticks and ...

One that caught attention from many was a type of sea mollusk that washed ashore on South Padre Island in late May.

With an estimated 8.75 million living species on earth, there are always going to be some weird and unusual animals you've never heard of. From the friendly-faced axolotl who's one of the most unusual ...

These spiny or slimy ocean creatures display an astonishing diversity of appearances, behaviors and lifestyles—and many are increasingly threatened Katarina Zimmer, Knowable Magazine Sea cucumbers ...

Scientists have filmed odd communities of life flourishing deeper in the ocean than ever before. The chemosynthesis-based life-forms get their energy from chemical reactions, powered by gases seeping ...