Images of a baby colossal squid this week reminds us that the deep sea is an almost inexhaustible source of awe.

These songs ranged from love songs to numbers about loneliness, often accompanied by a good drink. One of the most familiar songs was about the many sea monsters that commanded the seas. There aren’t ...

Scientists have been stunned after filming an extremely rare colossal sea creature for the first time ever at depth.

For the first time ever, a colossal squid has been captured on camera alive and in its natural deep-sea habitat—100 years after the species was formally identified. A juvenile, just 30cm long, was ...

Recent discoveries make this connection even stronger. Scientists found that special rocks in the deep sea can make oxygen ...

Strandings of these jellyfish-like animals, sometimes called "by-the-wind sailors," usually mean spring is coming ...

Roy P. Mackal, a University of Chicago scientist, fruitlessly pursued the creature for decades. One of his long-lost ...

During a 2021 expedition, researchers from the Schmidt Ocean Institute captured stunning footage of such an event, revealing how deep-sea creatures swarm to take advantage of the carcass. Wendy ...

Roy P. Mackal — the controversial and colorful University of Chicago scientist whose study of monsters caught the attention of the New York Times and People magazine — died in 2013. In his effort to ...

A viral video of a rare oarfish surfacing in Mexico has reignited fears linked to Japanese folklore, which considers the deep-sea creature a harbinger of natural disasters like earthquakes and ...

A 36-foot emaciated sea creature washed up on a California beach, and now researchers want to know how it died. On March 29, the Marine Mammal Center was notified by the National Park Service ...

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