Recent discoveries of creatures highlight the ongoing exploration and identification of new species, such as eight-eyed spiders and dragon-like lizards in India. These events not only expand our ...

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

Most sea sponges are simple, yet ancient, animals that live in coral reef ecosystems. They feed by passively filtering ocean water, taking in microscopic debris such as bacteria, plankton, and other ...

Far below the ocean’s surface, in a remote stretch of the Pacific between Hawaii and Mexico, scientists have mapped 788 deep-sea species thriving in near-total darkness, many of which may be entirely ...