Lurking in the depths of the ocean are countless species that have never been seen by humans before. As part of a project to ...

Ancient animal history is extremely difficult to reconstruct, for a number of reasons. Some of the earliest creatures in ...

Brittlestars, sea anemones and a catshark among new-to-science species collected during expedition off the Queensland coast ...

Scientists launch a global mission to explore 10,000 deep ocean locations and uncover unseen marine life and ecosystems ...

A treasure trove of fossils from China shows that the Cambrian explosion may have been less explosive than scientists once ...

After years of deep-sea sleuthing, National Geographic Explorer Katy Croff Bell has created a treasure map. It’s not drawn on ...

Scientists found 110+ new deep-sea species in the Coral Sea-and the total could exceed 200.

Scientists discovered 24 new deep-sea species, including one from a completely new branch of life in the Pacific Ocean.

A fossil discovery from Alabama reveals a rare and dramatic glimpse into the dangers of Cretaceous oceans, where even top predators were vulnerable.

Old canned salmon turned out to be a time capsule of ocean health. Researchers found that rising levels of tiny parasitic ...

A fossil bed in China containing animals up to 554 million years old suggests that we may have to reconsider the idea that ...

The nearly complete skull was found in 2001 in the Méndez Formation in Nuevo León, northeastern Mexico, dozens of kilometers ...