The world is full of strange creatures, and researchers discover new animal species every year. The oddities of fauna tend to become ever so much stranger when we leave the dry land and turn our gaze ...

The ocean’s twilight zone sits between 650 and 3,000 feet (200–900 meters) below the surface – home to more fish by weight than anywhere else in the ocean. Scientists and fishery managers have a word ...

You might think the ocean’s pitch-black depths are lifeless wastelands. Nothing could be further from the truth. Thousands of feet below the surface, where sunlight never penetrates and pressure could ...

California’s coastal waters are a treasure trove of marine biodiversity, harboring some of the most unusual and enigmatic creatures on Earth. The dynamic ecosystem created by the California Current, ...