A spherical sea sponge discovered in Antarctica, Carnivorous cladorhizid, is a carnivore, trapping and devouring live animals ...

Explore the remarkable similarities and differences between sperm whales and giant squid, from size and behavior to diet and ...

A large tentacle washed up on a beach in the UK, and it likely belongs to a rare septopus, also known as a giant gelatinous ...

This behemoth is the largest snake ever discovered. It’s not only bigger but also very genetically distinct from its southern cousin, raising questions about biodiversity and the Amazon’s fragile ...

When scientists sequenced the genome of this elusive deep-sea creature, they found clues about how squids and octopuses ...

Image source, Jialing Cai/The Nippon Foundation-Nekton Ocean Census/Schmidt Ocean Institute A carnivorous "death-ball" sponge ...

The brilliant iridescent hues found in ammolite come from tiny air gaps in the fossils’ layers, a new study finds. By Alexa Robles-Gil Millions of years ago, squid-like creatures called ammonites swam ...

A deep-sea expedition has recorded 30 previously unknown species from one of the planet’s most inaccessible regions, at depths of up to 700 meters, or 2,300 feet, in the Southern Ocean. The ...

Although the squid may appear at first glance to have "teeth like a human," in reality the feature consists of "circular, folded lips, of which only the upper and lower portions can be seen." The ...

When Jonas Wüst first met rescue divers in Switzerland, what struck him wasn’t their courage, it was how much danger still defined their work. “We realized how outdated it all was,” he recalls.

Sony Interactive Entertainment and Giant Squid have both filed a trademark for Sword of the Sea in Europe on October 7 with the European Union Intellectual Property Office. The atmospheric adventure ...

The deep sea is by far the largest habitat on Earth. It is, says Natalie Lawrence in her book Enchanted Creatures, “the last wilderness vast enough to hide monsters”. Unsurprisingly, many myths have ...