The cells of transparent sea creatures called comb jellies contain special fat molecules that allow the animals to live at extreme depths in the ocean 1. Some species of comb jellies (phylum ...

Beneath the waves are millions of dangerous sea creatures – and they exist on every continent, from Oceania to Asia and Central America. We’ve ranked the top 20, in order of their deadliness to humans ...

From mysterious colossal squid to the ferocious pram bug, these creatures are stranger than fiction. Found in the depths of the Pacific Ocean, the flower hat jellyfish (Olindias formosa) glides with ...

An entire world lives deep under the ocean’s surface, far from human notice and as bustling as any city. Animals such as tubeworms and clams live crowded around plumes of methane that bubble up ...