Nearly 5,000 meters beneath the Atlantic, scientists have captured rare footage of a mysterious deep-sea creature.

It’s no wonder deep-sea creatures are so strange. They survive against the odds in one of the most extreme environments on ...

There are tons of terrifying creatures lurking in the dark, cold, pressurized environment of the deep sea, from a ginormous relative of the garden pill bug, to fish with translucent heads.

While studying coral reefs in the South China Sea, tiny “vibrant red” creatures — less than half ... magiruber is oval-shaped with wide, deep grooves on its exoskeleton.

Getty Images/iStockphoto While studying coral reefs in the South China Sea, tiny “vibrant red” creatures — less ... is oval-shaped with wide, deep grooves on its exoskeleton.

A new study analyzes the evolutionary history of 11 deep ... the deep-sea survival of these species, it’s likely that a variety of other genetic changes additionally aid in these creatures ...

Photo by Huang M-C, Kawai T (2025) At a fishing port in Taiwan, researchers bought four giant crustaceans hauled in as bycatch by a trawling vessel in the South China Sea. The deep-sea dwellers ...