It might or might not be the smell of aliens, but dimethyl sulfide — and its funky odor — definitely gets around ...

Octopuses are carnivores, but do they have teeth? Find out more about octopus biology and learn how they use their ...

A prehistoric sea monster never-before-known to man was hunting prey in North America 85 million years ago, fossils found ...

To survive the deep ocean, sea creatures need all kinds of adaptations that give them alien-like appearances, like huge eyes ...

A "very odd" sea creature fossil from Vancouver Island has been officially identified as a new species, Traskasaura sandrae.

A group of fossils of elasmosaurs -- some of the most famous in North America -- have just been formally identified as belonging to a 'very odd' new genus of the sea monster, unlike any previously ...

In 1988, on the banks of the Puntledge River on Vancouver Island, a strange fossil began to emerge from the stone. It was ...

During a night dive off a tropical island, we came face-to-face with some of the strangest sea creatures we’ve ever seen. In this video, we take you beneath the surface to explore the ocean after dark ...

These spiny or slimy ocean creatures display an astonishing diversity of appearances, behaviors and lifestyles—and many are increasingly threatened Katarina Zimmer, Knowable Magazine Sea ...

Thousands of sea creatures that resemble small blue and purple jellyfish have washed ashore in Ventura County, California. Watch this video to find out what it has to do with the wind. 'Our old ...

While at sea, the scientists trawled up some unusual critters. The sea pig was among the most bizarre-looking. While these poisonous sea cucumbers aren’t biologically related to the livestock ...