A mysterious 1978 incident involving the USS Stein and an unidentified sea creature still puzzles scientists and the U.S. Navy nearly fifty years later.

The students were blown away by the marine life on their field trip in the Azores, an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean ...

A view of the massive cargo ship, MSC Baltic, after it ran aground in Cedar Cove near Lark Harbour, Newfoundland. The vessel is seen close to the rocky cliffs, battered by rough waves in a winter ...

Although its the largest invertebrate species in the world, scientists have never glimpsed the colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) in its natural habitat. However, a non-profit ocean research ...

From giant stick bugs to rarely seen sea creatures, these animal videos fascinated us—and led to new scientific discoveries. An orca calf and adult swim in the Norwegian fjords. Orcas have been among ...

A lot of weird-looking life-forms lurk in the deep sea, and this year we got some spectacularly close looks at several of them, including a goofy Doctor Who–esque octopus, alienlike Antarctic dwellers ...

As Dr Michelle Taylor took a moment to breathe in the icy Antarctic air, a stark realisation sunk in. The nearest humans, aside from her immediate colleagues, were hundreds of miles away on the ...