The newly identified giant isopod has a head that looks eerily like the Sith Lord's iconic helmet from the "Star Wars" ...

Far below the ocean's surface, in the dark depths of the deep sea floor ecosystem (about 3,000 feet or 1,000 meters deep), exists an entire world of deep sea creatures that humans rarely glimpse.

It seems to be an environment that would not sustain most creatures at depths that exceed 8000 meters. Recent research, however, has shown that this pitch-dark abyss is not entirely barren ... which ...

Director Ridley Scott may have just found his next alien. An extremely deep-dwelling and spooky-looking sea creature was discovered inside a vast trench off South American shores. This discovery ...

Anglerfish: The glowing lure predator - Anglerfish use a glowing lure on their heads to attract prey in the darkness of the deep ocean.

Deep sea creatures like the anglerfish look terrifying. Turns out, there’s a reason for that. National Corporate funding for NOVA is provided by Carlisle Companies. Major funding for NOVA is ...

A nightmare deep-sea monster built for ... It was named Jormungander Walhallaensi, after a sea serpent from Norse mythology. The monstrous creature is believed to have lived during the late ...

Anglerfish, on the other hand, light up to draw smaller fish toward them, helping to attract prey in the dark. The ostracod, a tiny, bioluminescence crustacean that looks like a shrimp inside a pod, ...

The deep-sea dragonfish is one of the most mysterious and fearsome creatures lurking in the ocean's depths. Known as a top predator in the deep sea, this fish has evolved incredible adaptations to ...

But the creatures aren't easy to find. The Ocean Trust explorers have endeavored into the deep sea for 15 years and taken ... region to signify the deep, dark ocean from where it predates ...

Like many creatures that inhabit the dark depths of the sea, dragonfish survive thanks to numerous adaptations ... studied two species—Malacosteus niger and Photostomias guernei—of deep-sea dragonfish ...

Deep below the surface of the South China Sea, an undiscovered species sat in ... but the shell’s morphology was enough to identify the creature as a new species. The fossilized species has ...