This year, they’ve been spotted along the coasts of Washington and Oregon, although a majority of sightings so far have been ...

FILE: Hordes of Velella velella, or by-the-wind sailors, wash up on Northern California beaches on March 27, 2024, in Marin ...

The vast majority of our planet remains a complete mystery, hidden beneath miles of crushing water where sunlight never penetrates. In this eternal darkness, evolution has taken a path so bizarre that ...

The ocean covers more than 70% of our planet’s surface, yet we’ve explored less than 5% of it. Below the sunlit waves lies an alien world of crushing pressure, eternal darkness, and bone-chilling cold ...

Lovingly nicknamed “sea gooseberry,” it glides through waters like a squishy crystal or a blimpy iridescent water balloon. It has been observed in deep ocean trenches and coastal waters across the ...

Despite their flower-inspired name, sea pansies are not plants at all. Purple sea pansies are colonial marine animals in the ...