When scientists set sail to explore the deep sea, they knew they would come face to face with a few unfamiliar creatures. What they did not know was just how many. After months of sorting, marine ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Blue jellyfish-like sea creatures are once again washing up along the Northern California coast, drawing crowds and curiosity at local beaches. Thousands of the creatures, known ...

These three fish are freaks, phantoms and mysteries of the deep. Here’s what we’ve learned from the rare glimpses we’ve had of their lives. The deep sea is one of Earth’s final frontiers. Given its ...

About 5,000 species of crustaceans in the order Isopoda live in Earth’s oceans. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, they all have two pairs of antennae, compound eyes, ...

The ocean covers more than 70% of our planet’s surface, yet we’ve explored less than 5% of it. Below the sunlit waves lies an alien world of crushing pressure, eternal darkness, and bone-chilling cold ...

When Ted Judah goes scuba diving off the coast in Monterey Bay, he normally swims at the surface to the area above the dive site and then descends. But on the morning of Dec. 30, the water was ...

Arctic glacial fjords are hotspots of marine life, yet their seafloor environments remain some of the least explored regions on Earth. Their extreme remoteness and the technical challenges of ...

The deep sea is cold, dark and under immense pressure. Yet life has found a way to prevail there, in the form of some of Earth’s strangest creatures. Since deep-sea critters have adapted to near ...