Far below the ocean’s surface, where sunlight disappears and pressure reaches crushing levels, some of the planet’s strangest ...

In an age of exhausting AI-generated videos and manipulated images purporting to showcase real marine life that have never been seen by human eyes, it's easy to forget that there are actually ...

Across the world, humans have told stories of creatures so strange and powerful they blur the line between myth and reality. Some may be echoes of ancient animals long extinct, while others reflect ...

Scientists have filmed odd communities of life flourishing deeper in the ocean than ever before. The chemosynthesis-based life-forms get their energy from chemical reactions, powered by gases seeping ...

TAMPA, Fla. — The Museum of Science and Industry’s new exhibition, ‘Giants, Dragons and Unicorns,’ pulls from fables and folklore to explain everything from creatures deep in the sea to fire-breathing ...

These creatures look like they’ve come straight out of a nightmare. Humans have explored much of the land, but the ocean depths remain largely unknown. What we do know, however, is that some of the ...

As a Potterhead, there’s nothing you can teach me about mythical creatures, magic, and fantasy. But it turns out the many creatures of Hogwarts are just the tip of the iceberg. Let’s look at 17 of the ...

Some of the wildest legends may actually be rooted in reality. Ancient people didn’t have science textbooks, just bones in the dirt and stories passed around the fire, and sometimes, those stories ...

From mysterious colossal squid to the ferocious pram bug, these creatures are stranger than fiction. Found in the depths of the Pacific Ocean, the flower hat jellyfish (Olindias formosa) glides with ...

We’re all familiar with La Jolla’s sea lions, harbor seals, orcas, garibaldi and seabirds. But in this new series of stories called Species of the Month, the Light will shed light on other, ...

An underwater voyage has revealed a network of creatures thriving at the bottom of deep-sea ocean trenches. In these extreme environments, the crushing pressure, scant food and lack of sunlight can ...