"Everyone in the control room let out a loud 'Oooooh!' at the same time. We were all enchanted," a researcher said.

Oceans cover 71% of the Earth's surface, but despite their immense size and impact on the planet, we know very little about ...

SEE ALSO: A dominant shark lurks in the deep, dark ocean. Meet the sixgill. Below, you can view brilliant footage of the animal, which biologists have dubbed the "mystery mollusc." It now also has a ...

It took nearly 25 years for biologists to discover that a swimming and glowing organism in the ocean’s midnight zone was ...

Until recently, the deep sea was too distant, cold, and high pressure for humans to explore, and much of it remains unknown.

Deep-sea Creatures: Many deep-sea animals, like certain species of jellyfish and anglerfish, glow to attract prey or communicate with each other in the dark depths of the ocean. Certain Species of ...

dark deep-sea habitat. This individual? Had pale, whitish-gray patches on its body. A rare ghostly-white shark has been discovered in the deep waters off Albania… and it isn’t what you think!

It dwells in the midnight zone. Scientists at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute identified an intriguing new deep sea species off of California. It's see-through, can glow, and nabs ...