and all of the fully mature animals looked physically the same, researchers said. “Large organic falls, such as wood falls, provide habitats for various organisms in the deep sea,” researchers ...

From deadly 'living fossils' to glowing sea angels, the ocean floor is home to creatures almost alien to us. Here are five incredible creatures straight from the deep.

Two species of marine molluscs dating back about 430 million years have been named Punk and Emo for their outlandish spiky appearance ...

Echinoderm means “spiny skin” in Greek. Echinoderms are found in ocean ecosystems worldwide, from rocky shores to the deep sea. Animals in this phylum are characterized by radial symmetry as ...

The founders of a Newport startup have a plan to turn the tides for these spiky pests. Purple sea urchins are carpeting ... these strange little ocean creatures don’t die. Instead, they go into a ...

Israeli researchers first noticed the deaths of black sea urchins near the southern city of Eilat at the start of the year. The spiky creatures - with defensive spines up to 50cm long - are ...