Paleontologists have discovered a three-eyed creature with a pencil sharpener-like mouth that roamed the sea for prey more ...

The Mosura fentoni, or "sea moth," is a newly-discovered type of arthropod that would have lived in the deep sea more than ...

Evidence of this explosion is present throughout the Burgess Shale, leading to its establishment as a world heritage site by UNESCO in 1981, NPS said. Yoho National Park is in the Canadian Rockies of ...

Interested in animals that eat kelp and seaweed? Read on to learn about 14 amazing marine animals that chow down on this ...

Thousands of feet below the surface of the Indian Ocean, a reddish sea creature with “massive eyes” used its “long” arms to ...

The “breathing giants” are known to be the ocean’s top predator, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The highly social animal usually travels in pods “of a few to 20 or ...

Forget land-based apex predators—deep sea creatures are in a league of their own. This video breaks down who dominates the underwater meta and how extreme adaptations keep them alive.

A devastating sea star plague triggered an unexpected ecological shift, creating a mussel boom that sea otters turned into a ...

"The 2013 sea star wasting event was so abrupt. By late 2013 the local population of stars had nearly collapsed." "Predators like sea stars and sea otters are essential to maintaining resilient ...

In 2013, a sea star wasting syndrome decimated populations of Pisaster along the west coast of North America and along the Monterey Peninsula in California, where this study was conducted. The orange ...

New research led by Monterey Bay Aquarium reveals a surprising ripple effect in coastal ecosystems: the collapse of one marine predator can benefit another.