Exploring the deep ocean comes with the chance to encounter all kinds of weird and wonderful species. You could come face to face (ish) with a faceless cusk eel, Chewbacca corals, dancing sea pigs – ...

Scientists exploring deep underwater canyons off the coast of Western Australia uncovered a hidden world packed with bizarre ...

A robot explores the dark, cold, deep sea floor of the South Atlantic, transmitting images of vibrant coral and fish never seen before as scientists give live commentary via YouTube. And Argentines ...

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It goes without saying that the world’s oceans are vast and mysterious. Therefore, it is no surprise that people have found some truly strange things when exploring them. From ancient statues to war ...

A marine iguana ‘mid-sneeze’, a troupe of skeleton shrimps that has colonized a gorgonian coral and a spaceship-like jellyfish seemingly departing Earth’s atmosphere are among the wonderful finalists ...

A lot of weird-looking life-forms lurk in the deep sea, and this year we got some spectacularly close looks at several of them, including a goofy Doctor Who–esque octopus, alienlike Antarctic dwellers ...