Researchers have discovered 30 previously unknown deep-sea species in the remote ocean surrounding Antarctica, they announced ...

Jellyfish are some of the most mysterious and beautiful creatures in the sea. They have no bones, no brains, and yet they’ve ...

The ocean is full of some incredibly odd creatures. It feels like the further you go down, the stranger and more alien-like they become. With so many interesting creatures, it makes you wonder, what ...

A scary-looking creature with “devil” in its name was spotted close to the surface off Tenerife, a Spanish island. By Victor Mather Strange things live in the depths of the ocean. Even the light of ...

A pair of images authentically shows the same species of anglerfish, one of which is small enough to fit in the palm of a hand. In late September 2025, a Reddit thread (archived) claiming to show "a ...

The La Jolla-based Scripps Institution of Oceanography is no stranger to getting calls from the public with questions about marine species found along local shores. Some callers wonder what something ...

We’re all familiar with La Jolla’s sea lions, harbor seals, orcas, garibaldi and seabirds. But in this new series of stories called Species of the Month, the Light will shed light on other, ...