The Portugese man-of-war, "flying spaghetti monster" and an "alien like" sea star are among the creatures to be seen off the Texas coast.

Beachgoers in the San Francisco Bay Area encountered a rare hoodwinker sunfish washed ashore on a beach on Sept. 7.

From the entanglement of Shelagh, a critically endangered North Atlantic right whale, to the awe-inspiring appearance of the first blue whale of the season, these events have stunned onlookers and ...

The deep sea is a world unlike any other. It’s a place where strange creatures evolve extraordinary features to survive in near-total darkness. One such creature is the barreleye fish, a species so ...

An oceanographer was surprised when she caught a glimpse of an aquatic creature on a beach in Southern California, well ...

Oceanographer Anya Stajner was enjoying a sunset walk along the La Jolla Shores beach when a vibrant violet pop of color caught her eye in the sand. She got down on her hands and knees and was ...

A “strange” creature recorded in the deep waters off the coast of Japan represents an exceptionally rare kind of discovery. With a body shaped like Mount Fuji, the new-to-science sea anemone is not ...

A mysterious group of deep-sea whales was just spotted near a remote archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean — for the first time in years. The marine creatures — Gervais’ beaked whales — were seen off the ...

It’s not a species I would ever have expected to see on a coastal tour, yet much to our amazement, there they were.” ...

A strange, rare hybrid bird was found in a Northeast suburb in San Antonio. The mysterious bird is the offspring of a blue ...

A “rare” True’s beaked whale recently washed ashore in Ireland in what experts say is part of a cluster of strandings. Photo from Milomc123, UnSplash Two rare deep-sea whales recently washed up on ...