Children aboard a whale-watching vessel out of Newport Beach, Ca., on Wednesday appear to have thoroughly enjoyed their encounter with a bizarre-looking Mola mola. The accompanying footage, courtesy ...

Researchers at MBARI, the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, have been exploring this hidden world for years. Using advanced technology and deep-sea robots, they’ve captured some of the most ...

Deep in the ocean, where sunlight never reaches, live some of Earth's strangest giants. Imagine a squid as long as a bus or a crab the size of a big plate! This is called deep-sea gigantism, where ...