A scary-looking creature with “devil” in its name was spotted close to the surface off Tenerife, a Spanish island.

This is only the second time the species has been recorded while alive. “I thought it was A.I.,” says fish biologist Kory Evans.

The animals are not aliens, but giant pile worms, large marine worms that are typically found on the seafloor, but will swarm at the water’s surface to mate, Benjamin Neal, biologist and assistant ...

Deep in the Gulf of Mexico exists a so-called "Jacuzzi of Despair," a pool of oceanic water that kills anything that enters ...

What they have found has nothing to do with abyssal creatures or marine legends ... used for tracking and identifying vessels at sea, in many countries it is not mandatory. Not to mention that ...

Scientists discovered the 1-foot-long animal while aboard a submersible several miles deep in the Pacific Ocean. Take a look.

Around the deep-sea vents off the southern coast of Japan, a small, “glass”-like creature was discovered ... Irene Wright is a McClatchy Real-Time reporter. She earned a B.A. in ecology ...

Kraken The Kraken, a legendary sea monster feared by sailors, finds its roots in real ... creatures dragging entire ships beneath the waves. People during the pre-exploration of deep oceans ...

According to myth, cave wyrms are terrifying creatures that live deep inside mountain caves, or sometimes in marshes and fens ...

Let’s explore some real-life animals that gave rise to mythical beings ... about the legendary krakens were likely based on deep-sea giant squid. It is also thought that sailors often ...

If that’s not the most bizarre real estate choice in the deep sea, nothing is. The pearlfish takes freeloading to an entirely new level. Instead of dodging predators or finding a normal hiding spot, ...

An aquarium in Japan is using cardboard cutouts of visitors to cheer up its lonely resident sunfish, who stopped eating after the building closed to real-life ... fall into a deep-sea depression.