That started to change with mounting clues: squid beaks and body parts discovered in the stomachs of sperm whales, and ...

The cephalopod was first discovered in 1925 when scientists found arm fragments from two squid in the belly of a sperm whale.

Images of a baby colossal squid this week reminds us that the deep sea is an almost inexhaustible source of awe.

From wallaby to pangolin, let's explore the fascinating world of rarely-seen creatures, some of whom are on the ...

Roy P. Mackal — the controversial and colorful University of Chicago scientist whose study of monsters caught the attention of the New York Times and People magazine — died in 2013. In his effort to ...

Their residence attracts shrimp, fish and many other creatures. These deep-sea oases are just some of many areas of the ocean floor that scientists are only beginning to explore, discovering new ...

Most of what we know about the elusive creature comes from research on its remains found in whale stomachs, but scientists ...

Therefore sea pigs - and other deep-sea creatures - can look very different on the surface than they do in their natural habitat. The sea pig, for example, is typically more uniform when crawling ...

A new study analyzes the evolutionary history of 11 deep-sea species from environments stretching from the central Indian ...

Iceberg A-84 broke off from Antarctica and revealed a thriving community of sea creatures underneath. Now, researchers are curious as to how these species have survived. Fracturing icebergs are only ...