This previously unknown symbiotic relationship helps keep methane—a major greenhouse gas—trapped in the ocean.

The latest addition is the Marine Organismal Body Size (MOBS) database, an open-access resource that—as its name implies—has ...

Since they live deeper in the ocean, light doesn’t reach it as well. They can see while being that far from the light because they have an organ that produces light. They literally glow in the dark.

An odd species has been discovered under rare circumstances in the depths of the San Antón water mine in Seville province ...

Why would an apex ocean predator eat gloves? Or rope? Or plastic cups? How does a whale end up with more than 200 pounds of waste in its stomach? In November 2019, a young sperm whale was found ...

So far, the Marine Organismal Body Size Database includes the maximum size of some 85,200 marine species. Biologists have ...

Look at the huge ocean. Miles and miles of water. We can't live without water. Nothing can live without water. These animals live in the water. They couldn't survive unless there was a lot of ...

In the ocean’s depths and the world’s quiet corners, a handful of species quietly defy the clock. This article lists the animals that can live for thousands of years—and why they’ve lasted ...

The largest animal that has ever existed lives in an ocean habitat. The blue whale can grow up to 30m long and weigh 200 tonnes. Around half of the oxygen that we breathe on Earth comes from our ...

Researchers have discovered an unlikely new species within the ocean’s midnight zone: a glowing “mystery mollusk.” Although the apple-size species, named Bathydevius caudactylus, is ...

Some animals live far longer than most people imagine. ... They live deep in the ocean and can survive for over 10,000 years, with some possibly reaching 15,000 years. Photo Credit: X/@v_shakthi.