To survive the deep ocean, sea creatures need all kinds of adaptations that give them alien-like appearances, like huge eyes ...

Scientists probing the bottom of the Pacific Ocean made a surprising discovery: animals living underneath the seafloor in an area with volcanic activity. Giant tubeworms, which are known as the ...

There's life amid the garbage. Marine animals that usually live only in coastal areas of the western Pacific Ocean have been found living and reproducing on plastic debris on the high seas ...

A team of scientists spotted the strange animal while on board the E/V Nautilus ... territory and a National Wildlife Refuge in the Pacific Ocean west of Hawaii. Researchers initially suspected ...

Marine biologists hope to find out more about a creature that is vital to a healthy ecosystem and the state’s fishery ...

A monthlong survey of mountain ecosystems in the remote seas of the southeastern Pacific Ocean has not only turned ... Twenty of the encountered animal species may be new to science and found ...

Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. A mile and a half beneath the ocean’s surface, the ...

An unexpected radioactive discovery beneath the Pacific Ocean seabed may provide researchers ... determine the age of many fossilized plant and animal specimens—but the method has its limits.