With 12 colour receptors, the mantis shrimp seems visually unmatched. But studies reveal that their visual system likely ...

Lurking in the depths of the ocean are countless species that have never been seen by humans before. As part of a project to name 1,000 of these unknown animals by 2030, 24 new species of deep-sea ...

Mirabestia maisie and Astyra mclaughlinae are named after family members and colleagues, while Elimedon breviclunis is named ...

A team of scientists has discovered a new species of crustacean living deep within the limestone caves of Bermuda, according to a report by Discover Wildlife. The story said, “The cave-dwelling animal ...

Scientists in New Zealand said Tuesday they have discovered a new species of "ghost shark", a type of fish that prowls the Pacific Ocean floor hunting prey more than a mile down. Researchers have ...

Researchers studying life in the caves of Bermuda have verified the discovery of a new species of tiny crustacean. Findings recently published in the scientific journal ZooKeys said that the copepod ...

The deepest part of the ocean is known as the hadal zone, where there is total darkness and extreme pressure. These mysterious regions are between 6,000 and 11,000 meters (3.7 to 6.8 miles) under the ...

The symbiotic communities of invertebrates in dead coral gravel on the shallow, warm-temperate coast of the Kii Peninsula in western Japan. New bivalve species and sideswimmer have been found to live ...