Researchers with NOAA and the Smithsonian announced the unusual object, first discovered in 2023 during a deep-sea expedition ...

After more than two years of analysis, NOAA and Smithsonian scientists have identified the viral "golden orb." (NOAA ...

A perplexing deep-sea enigma that captivated the public and fuelled wild theories about extraterrestrial origins has finally ...

The identity of the "golden orb" has been revealed as dead cells that anchored a deep-sea creature to the ocean floor.

Some octopuses that lived over 72 million years ago were as long as whales. These huge predators may have been the largest ...

Despite their flower-inspired name, sea pansies are not plants at all. Purple sea pansies are colonial marine animals in the ...

It looked like something plucked from a fairy tale — a fleshy, violet disc sitting in the sand along the Southern California shoreline. One beachgoer thought she had stumbled upon some kind of purple ...

Sea pansies are purple, fleshy, leaf-shaped marine organisms that live on sandy or muddy sediment. They belong to the genus Renilla and are cnidarians — the same group that includes jellyfish and sea ...

Yesterday we found a sea creature we’ve never see or heard of before! This beautiful purple animal is called a sea pansy.” ...

With the future of sicklefin devil rays hanging in the balance, crucial research is building knowledge about these graceful ...

is crimson creature glides through the twilight zone with rainbows dancing up and down its body but to predators it’s ...

If forced to choose one descriptor for the octopus, the best word may be “otherworldly.” These truly amazing marine animals ...