Pink and bulbous "sea pigs", hand-sized sea spiders and delicate sea butterflies are among the bizarre animals hauled up from the ocean floor by a team of Australian researchers aboard the ...

The Finnish Museum of Natural History is best known for its scientific collections but hidden deep in its archives lay an unexpected artistic treasure. Opening on April 15, 2025, Hilda’s Spiders ...

A barrister who studied in Oxford drowned while swimming in the sea off a remote area of Tenerife despite the “valiant efforts” of his teenage son to save him after sea conditions deteriorated ...

Two research expeditions have captured the first footage of two squid species — a colossal squid and a glacial glass squid — swimming in the deep sea.

When spiders get sucked into a vacuum cleaner ... As people moved to areas farther from the Equator with lower UV levels, natural selection favored lighter skin, which allowed more UV rays ...

The creatures cruised the world’s oceans with features we often associate with marine mammals, such as coats of blubber and ...

A hidden ecosystem of giant sea spiders, octopuses, and other stunning sea creatures shows how life can flourish even when sealed off from the surface by a thick layer of ice. A large sponge ...

In water as much as 4,200 feet deep the team from the Schmidt Ocean Institute found a surprisingly flourishing ecosystem that included icefish, giant sea spiders, octopus, corals and sponges.

This blood adaptation supports their high-energy lifestyle and deep-sea adventures. Most spiders have blue-coloured blood, too. While they might look like average land animals, they share this ...

The Russian captain of a container ship that crashed into a US oil tanker in the North Sea has appeared at the Old Bailey accused of manslaughter by gross negligence. The Solong’s master ...