In order to figure out what creatures would have eaten ancient creatures related to alligators, like mososaurs, scientists dropped an alligator carcass dozens of miles off the coast of Louisiana. Once they dropped the gator nearly two miles deep, it didn't take long for them to find out. In ...

A group of scientists wasn't prepared for their deep-sea discovery of a gulper eel while on an expedition in Hawaii. The bizarre looking creature can inflate its pouch-like mouth in order to swallow large prey and to intimidate would-be attackers. When the scientists' discover the eel, it's ...

Scientists were shocked at a run-in they had with an unexpected guest while surveying Pele's Pit, an active submarine volcano, on Lōʻihi Seamount. The scientists were in a submarine when a massive Pacific Sleeper Shark popped up out of nowhere, swimming in from the right side of the camera. The ...

Scientists have discovered a "lake" of death in the Gulf of Mexico. Anything that enters this pool at the bottom of the sea will suffer horribly. Erik Cordes, associate professor of biology at Temple University, has researched the pool since 2014 and published his findings in the ...

The Dolomedes Briangreenei spider’s discovery was announced at the World Science Festival in Brisbane Wednesday. It can prey on insects and fish three times its size. It was named after festival co-founder Brian Greene. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk debuted the spider at the opening of the ...

The newest shark species comes straight from a sci-fi movie. It hides deep in the depths, so its black skin keeps it camouflaged, but it has special skin cells that allow it to glow in the dark. The Ninja Lanternshark species has the scientific name Etmopterus benchleyi. A researcher told ...