The last sighting of the glass octopus was in 2021, and scientists still don't know much about this highly elusive species.

For over a century, the colossal squid has been one of the deep sea’s most slippery enigmas. Known mostly through bits and ...

In a historic moment, marine scientists have captured the first-ever video of a colossal squid in its natural habitat, nearly ...

In 1982, geologist Martin Hovland sat aboard a research ship owned by the Norwegian oil company Statoil (now Equinor) in the ...

“This is not the giant animal we’d expect the colossal squid to be,” says Aaron Evans, an independent scientist and glass squid expert ... Michelle Taylor, a deep-sea ecologist at ...

Glass sponges are found along the deep sea, providing a hiding place for small critters along the seafloor. For one newly discovered species, glass sponges provide both a home and a hunting ground.

Deep-sea creatures often look more like science fiction monsters than marine animals. The glass octopus is one such animal. The Schmidt Ocean Institute captured this footage of the incredibly rare ...