Among the myriad creatures that populate our ocean, some stand out as having an outsized impact on the marine environment—shaping and maintaining habitats that themselves sustain countless other forms ...

Buried several miles beneath East Antarctica's ice, Lake Vostok is one of the largest freshwater lakes on Earth, rivaling ...

Eelpouts are primarily bottom-dwelling species, found in deep trenches or around hydrothermal vents in some of the planet’s ...

[New Paper] Meet Delectopecten thermus, a new species of Glass Scallop from a deep-sea hot vent in Okinawa Trough, Japan! We ...

In the cracks and crevices of the field's vents, hydrocarbons feed novel microbial communities even without the presence of oxygen. Chimneys spewing gases as hot as 40 °C (104 °F) are home to an ...

New research has revealed that a hairy crustacean—dubbed "The Hoff crab" when it was discovered in 2010—is the first species in its family to show different claw characteristics between sexes.

Here are seven amazing animals that do not require oxygen to survive.

Scientists reveal fighting secrets of crab named after David Hasselhoff - The crab was given its nickname because of its hairy chest ...

Fishermen spotted two large endangered creatures swimming along the Alabama coast — a rare sight for the region, experts said. Screengrab from Bobby Kelly's video on Facebook Two endangered ...