By Liz Kimbrough A transparent goby fish drifted through the darkness, its skeleton visible through paper-thin skin. Nearby, ...

A bumpy snailfish, Andean mouse opossum and ancient sea cow were just some of the many species described in 2025.

Almost one decade of recorded data retrieved from deep coral reef dives reveals some of the first evidence of that climate ...

Deep-sea mining trials revealed significant but localized biodiversity loss in one of the planet’s least explored ecosystems.

Most closely related to dugongs, it was discovered in 1741 by biologist Georg Wilhelm Steller, after the expedition to North ...

Only 1.5 centimeters in length on average, these new jellyfish have 24 eyes located in four sensory organs, which together ...

Beyond rising temperatures, the indirect effects of global warming, such as greater human activity in the region, add further ...

Lanice spongicola lives on a glass sponge, a deep-sea sponge with a skeleton made of silica, that rises from hard rock. The ...

Scientists have long assumed the deep-sea Alicella gigantea was an uncommon survivor of the abyss.

In a small, rented lab in the port of Los Angeles in May, Keith Matassa was working through a backlog of bodies on ice. Using a surgical knife, he carefully removed a California sea lion fetus from a ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Just six pieces of rubber smaller than a pea can be fatal to seabirds, new research shows, revealing shockingly ...

From polygamous tree toads to heavy stick bugs, this year’s extensive new species discoveries are changing the way we see our ...