Monterey Bay is the best studied patch of deep ocean in the world,” said Bruce Robison, senior scientist at MBARI. “And yet ...

A crab, a vital animal in the Antarctic food chain, feeds predatory animals like seals, penguins, and birds, emitting ...

Until recently, the deep sea was too distant, cold, and high pressure for humans to explore, and much of it remains unknown.

Deep-sea researchers have discovered a strange glowing sea slug off the coast of California that lives in the water column — ...

The warty comb jelly, Mnemiopsis leidyi, a fascinatingly weird creature that can regenerate parts of its body, reproduce from ...

Researchers have discovered an unlikely new species within the ocean's midnight zone: a glowing "mystery mollusk." ...

Rachael is a writer and digital content producer at IFLScience with a Zoology degree from the University of Southampton, UK, ...

Scientists have discovered a marine animal that can reverse its aging process. The comb jelly, a jellyfish-like creature, can ...

Researchers suggest that this life-cycle flexibility, previously thought rare, may be more widespread than we realized.

In its place pulsed a larva, more walnut-shell-shaped than any adult of its kind. The life cycle of the sea walnut comb jelly is not as straightforward as we thought. Illustrations of the different ...

When things get tough in adulthood, it might seem appealing to return to simpler times. One bizarre marine creature has taken this approach to dire situations quite literally, regressing its ...