Researchers exploring the wares of fishers in Vietnam discovered a “supergiant” sea bug species whose resemblance to Darth Vader inspired its name.

"Over the past couple of days it has accumulated up to 4 feet deep and has a smell of decaying sea life," the institute explained on Facebook after receiving several questions about why the algae ...

Check out the most fascinating and bizarre deep-sea fish the planet has to offer ... spines that allow it to camouflage ...

On the wonderfully wild beaches of America’s Pacific northwest, Lauren Jarvis discovers a salty, sustainable smorgasbord of ...

This dead and decaying sea life partially gives the algae its signature smell – the other part is due to the algae, itself, also dying. The organism had accumulated up to 4 ft. deep in some ...

"Sargassum mats can be up to seven metres deep ... seaweed's source. In 2011 people initially assumed the Caribbean influx had, for some reason, drifted from its traditional home in the Sargasso Sea.

Most life on Earth relies on the sun's energy for survival, but what about organisms in the deep sea that live beyond the reach of its rays? A new study led by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution ...

Julia Child reporting fellow Gabriela Glueck heads to Humboldt to speak with a community of seaweed evangelists.