Many experts had thought sharks didn’t exist in the frigid waters of Antarctica before this sleeper shark lumbered warily and briefly into the spotlight of a video camera, researcher Alan Jamieson ...

Nearly 30 years after it was first recorded, people are still arguing about a single sound from the deep ocean. The “Bloop,” a strange, powerful underwater noise picked up in 1997, has been folded ...

Divers descend into the cold waters of Puget Sound searching for a giant Pacific octopus. The rocky seabed is full of strange marine life, and at first the dive seems quiet. Then something moves in ...

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

While we often wonder what sort of life might be discovered as we explore space, there is still much to be known about our own planet. The deep seas hold a great deal of mystery, and researchers ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An ungainly barrel of a shark cruising languidly over a barren seabed far too deep for the sun’s rays to illuminate was an unexpected sight. Many experts had thought sharks ...