If forced to choose one descriptor for the octopus, the best word may be “otherworldly.” These truly amazing marine animals ...

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Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Beneath the neon lights of a laser-scanning microscope, newly classified species glow ...

A team of marine scientists from CSIRO and Ocean Census has found over 110 new species in and around the Coral Sea Marine ...

Scientists have found evidence that a 300-million-year-old sea creature previously thought to be the world's oldest octopus is actually a nautilus relative.

Beneath the neon lights of a laser-scanning microscope, newly classified species glow in vivid greens and oranges—a far cry from the pitch-black abyss of their natural ocean floor. Researchers have ...

From lava tubes on Mars to ice pockets on Europa, subterranean environments may offer the best chance of finding life—and ...

The world's oldest octopus fossil is no longer an octopus. A new study by researchers says the 300-million-year-old creature ...

One fascinating creature spends its winters beneath four feet of Antarctic sea ice, diving to nearly 2,000 feet in water cold ...