In July and August scientists onboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor (too) spotted the oddities through ...

These creatures, including the Stonefish, Aquatic Worm, and Fringehead Fish, showcase the strange and dangerous wonders of the deep sea. Explore these bizarre predators and their unique survival ...

This strange new deep-sea creature boasts approximately 16 dark vertical stripes decorating each side of its body. Unsurprisingly, this striking feature is the first thing that caught researchers ...

More All chordates, such as vertebrates, eel-like lancelets, and tunicates, or sea squirts, at some point in their lives have a flexible, rod-shaped nerve structure called a notochord in their backs.

The Gulf of Mexico is home to many species, and sometimes strange creatures and sharks wash ashore due to high tides or weather. Whether it was an eyeball-looking thing or shape-shifting blobs ...

These Weird Sea Creatures Can Fuse to Become a Single Animal When Injured The combined comb jellyfish synced up their movements, melded their nervous systems, and even joined their digestive tracts.

It’s evident that summer is around the corner, as thousands of tiny sea creatures reminiscent of crispy potato chips have reappeared across the California coastline. The jellyfishlike creatures ...

A riotous photography collection from a recent underwater mission off the coast of Chile shows new and fascinating deep-sea creatures—including a “mystery mollusk,” a bioluminescent ...

An extinct ribbonlike sea creature about the size of a human hand was one of the earliest animals to evolve a precursor of a backbone. Scientists recently identified the animal’s nerve cord by ...