The duck-billed dinosaur Parasaurolophus is best known for the tube that grows out of its head, and the well-preserved skull offers more clues about the crest's evolution. Journalist Bonnie Burton ...

The entire body of a sea urchin is what researchers are now calling an “all-body brain,” with neurons that function as a ...

In a remarkable encounter filmed at more than 3,700 feet below the surface of the Indian Ocean, a deep-sea creature ...

As light filtered through a forest in southern India, a “shining blue” creature perched on a leaf to enjoy the sunshine. The colorful animal caught the attention of nearby scientists and turned out to ...

Aboard a research vessel off the coast of Thailand, scientists sorted through their catch. The trawling net had hauled up a “ghost”-like sea creature with peeling skin and “iridescent green” eyes. It ...

Imagine seeing out of your forehead. That is what the Pacific barreleye fish can do. This rare deep-sea fish lives in the North Pacific Ocean. Its transparent head and rotating eyes make it stand out.

The seven-arm octopus, Haliphron atlanticus, weighs as much as a person and haunts deep, dark waters from New Zealand to Brazil and British Columbia. So few people have seen this creature alive that ...

Nearly 30 years ago, scuba divers in the Gulf of Mexico spotted a peculiar, brightly colored sea creature. Photos show the creatures’ colorful and translucent tentacles. Reproduced with permission ...