An incredibly rare deep-sea fish has been spotted on the California coast.

“A rare Mola mola (ocean sunfish) washed up on our shore at Cardiff State Beach today,” San Diego State Lifeguards stated Wednesday via Instagram. “It’s the heaviest bony fish on earth and can weigh ...

Exceptionally preserved fossils from the Ediacaran period challenge what scientists thought was possible in sandstone. In the fossil record, creatures without hard shells or skeletons, such as ...

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This weird-looking creature has been mistaken for a lot of things, including a whale placenta and a sea monster as well as a garbage bag. And less often, it’s recognized for what it is: a jellyfish!

Guillermo del Toro's adaptation of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" emphasizes themes of forgiveness over vengeance.

Earth is home to creatures so strange, beautiful, and bizarre that it’s easy to forget we share the planet with them. These ...

Hollywood is partly to blame for the fear swimmers have when they're in open water. 1975's "Jaws" and 1978's "Piranha" are just a couple examples of why people like me are terrified of some ugly ...

“I saw this amazing, cool, spectacular, rare fish while diving in Monterey," Judah wrote online.

Photis Gaitanos’ rough fingers adroitly untangle the venomous spikes of a lionfish from a net, throwing the exotic-looking ...

Scientists from the California Academy of Sciences described 72 new species last year, from elegant birds to strange sea ...