Far below the ocean’s surface, where sunlight disappears and pressure reaches crushing levels, some of the planet’s strangest life forms thrive. These deep-sea creatures have evolved in total darkness ...

Sea monsters are myths. There no real sea monsters in reality, but reality sure does come close. Take the giant phantom ...

New fossil discoveries are forcing scientists to redraw the boundaries of ancient oceans, suggesting that some of the most ...

As companies search underwater for resources, scientists are taking inventory of the ocean-dwelling creatures that could be disturbed or harmed by deep-sea mining.

In novels like “Moby Dick” or “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea,” monsters exist to aggravate and impinge on human life. Science, folklore, and fiction have villainized deep sea creatures for centuries, ...

An artist's illustration of a plesiosaur, based on new research that finds these now-extinct sea monsters had both smooth and scaly skin. Joschua Knüppe Plesiosaurs were long-necked reptiles that ...

The open ocean has always made room for imagination. For centuries, sailors swore they saw monsters bigger than ships, smarter than people, and hungry enough to pull a crew straight off the deck. No ...

An entire world lives deep under the ocean’s surface, far from human notice and as bustling as any city. Animals such as tubeworms and clams live crowded around plumes of methane that bubble up ...

Peter Morics is a list writer from the United States. He has been writing about video games for five years. He started out as a news writer, covering some of the biggest moments in the industry, but ...

Stephen is a lifelong gamer with over 35 years of experience and a passion for RPGs, strategy games, and classic Nintendo titles. He’s played more than 1,500 games and enjoys analyzing storytelling, ...

Machine generated contents note: Classical Antecedents -- The Earliest Medieval Maps with Sea Monsters: Beatus Mappaemundi -- "Let the Waters Bring Forth Abundantly": Sea Monsters in the Creation -- ...