Quite the opposite: his one-eyed ghost is a relatively benign being who simply doesn’t like rules, and Aggie is an ...

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The historian Procopius described how a creature called Porphyrios terrified sixth-century sailors for 50 years. But what was ...

New research unveils 14 previously unknown marine species, offering fresh insight into life hidden in the ocean’s depths.

While fishing off the coast of Thailand, fishermen spotted a massive shadow that turned out to be a whale shark, the world’s largest fish. This rare sighting occurred at Khao Laem Ya-Mu Ko Samet ...

From corn mazes to haunted houses, the spooky season is in full swing. Jack-o-lanterns, ghouls and goblins are around every corner, but the scariest creatures of all might be thousands of feet below ...

With its long snout and lightning-fast jaws, the goblin shark looks like something from a nightmare — but it’s actually a gentle deep-sea dweller. Living thousands of feet below the surface, this rare ...

They're tiny, blobby, butt-shaped, and glow in the dark. What the heck are they? Scientists are still figuring them out. A laboratory image of Chaetopterus pugaporcinus, aka the "pigbutt worm," an ...

A beluga whale is placed inside the Shedd Aquarium’s CT scanner at its on-site hospital. (Photo credit: Shedd Aquarium) Want to see more of NewsNation? Get 24/7 fact-based news coverage with the ...

Scientists off Japan found a deep-sea creature with 18 “dark yellow eggs” and discovered a new species, a study said. Getty Images/iStockphoto Thousands of feet down off the coast of Japan swam a pink ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. At a certain point in Earth’s distant past, the planet’s ...

A team of MIT geochemists has unearthed new evidence in very old rocks suggesting that some of the first animals on Earth were likely ancestors of the modern sea sponge. In a study appearing today in ...