The festival of the sea is an "opportunity to show the weird and wonderful marine life that we have", a conservation charity ...

But, it is also a neat opportunity to see all of the strange marine life that grows on things that float. If you find yourself walking by any boatyard, you’ll smell their presence.

A strange marine reptile from the age of dinosaurs that was recently unearthed in China may shed light on how life recovered after the greatest mass extinction in Earth's history, researchers say.

A very strange marine life encounter caught on video left scientists baffled when it was first spotted in New Zealand waters in 2023. More than a fanciful shark-octopus hybrid featured in low ...

The 2006 Census of Marine Life is in, and this year's trawl includes scores of weird and wonderful creatures brought back from the deep.

New research is shedding light on how far toxic algae blooms have spread in Alaska, and surprised scientists are saying this is just the beginning. A study from the National Oceanic and ...

According to the Museums Victoria Research Institute, the mapping revealed underwater mountain peaks and weird marine life, such as a blind, gelatinous eel that was previously unknown to science.

Weird Creatures From the Deep A massive census of the oceans has turned up a trove of strange marine wildlife, from jellyfish to octopuses to anemones ...

Interview with MBARI marine biologist Robert Vrijenhoek, who has been studying hydrothermal vent communities around the world for more than 20 years.

A newly discovered marine reptile is giving scientists a glimpse into the wondrous feats of nature in the face of adversity. Sclerocormus parviceps lived about 247 million years ago — in the ...

See some of the strange-looking new species found by the first global Census of Marine Life ...