Scientists still have much left to learn about the creatures, even as hundreds of thousands of them wash ashore.

The brightly colored jellylike marine life, called “Velella velella,” show up every few years when strong winds blow in the ...

The large tracks typically start to appear in May, experts say.

FILE: Hordes of Velella velella, or by-the-wind sailors, wash up on Northern California beaches on March 27, 2024, in Marin ...

The sea creatures — known as Velella — washed up on Baker Beach in San Francisco on Monday, April 27 ...

There's increasing interest in deep-sea mining, but the impacts that this will have on the animals that live in the depths isn't fully understood. A new review led by our scientists is giving us our ...

A deep-sea mollusk, Catillopecten margaritatus, lost its sight and adapted to bacteria and chemicals to survive in extreme ...

A bizarre sea creature was spotted slowly crawling along the sand after a high tide at the Rye Harbor Nature Reserve in the U.K. “While some might think it looks like something out of a sci-fi film, ...

Scientists found an orange-eyed sea creature with eggs in the Gulf of Mexico and discovered a new species, a study said. Getty Images/iStockphoto Thousands of feet down in the Gulf of Mexico, an ...

"I find this so interesting. I have not heard or seen this beautiful creature before." ...