The ocean still hides many secrets, and sometimes the smallest or simplest creatures reveal the biggest clues about life.

Scientists at MIT have found compelling chemical evidence that Earth’s earliest animals were likely ancient sea sponges.

A team of scientists experienced a moment they described as a mix of excitement and disbelief after finding a huge ‘’ghost ...

In a world first, scientists that discovered a new type of chiton turned to social media crowdsourcing to come up with the ...

While exploring ancient seabeds in Morocco, scientists discovered strange wrinkle-like textures in deep-water sediments that shouldn’t have been there. These structures are usually made by ...

For the grand finale of any Discovery Cove adventure, there’s one experience that sounds intimidating but delivers something ...

Researchers uncovered hundreds of previously unknown deep-sea species, giving the scientific community a better idea of what ...

Sleeper sharks live extraordinarily long lives and can thrive in near-freezing ocean temperatures near Earth's poles.

Scientists discover underwater mountain ranges, golden towers of coral, and never-before-seen sea creatures.

An unidentified sea creature that washed up on Grange Beach has since been identified as a dolphin as more than 300 dead ...

British scientists reveal a nearly complete pliosaur skull with jaws locked in place, shedding light on Jurassic ocean predators.

Life began in the sea, and it took a long time to move onto land. Plants started creeping ashore about 475 million years ago. Roughly 100 million years later, the first backboned animals followed. For ...