Five women scientists from Germany, Indonesia, and Wales have discovered two new species of wart sea slugs from North ...

Known to only live in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, the Solumbellula appeared in the Pacific for the first time to ...

The new species belongs to the Clavelina genus of sea squirts. Tiny and strange, the animal measures just 20 millimetres long ...

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 ...

The creatures live in holes in wood at the bottom of the ocean. Wu Q, Lin Y-T, Qiu J-W, Xu MY, Xing BP (2025) Zoosystematics and Evolution When a tree falls into a river, flows downstream and hits ...

A new species of fish, Lacustricola gemma, or the gem lampeye fish, was discovered in a shrinking pond in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This small fish is recognized by its iridescent scales ...

Now, researchers have confirmed all 10 creatures belonged to a new species of sea slug, according to a study published June 18 in the peer-reviewed journal ZooKeys.

But in this new series of stories called Species of the Month, the Light will shed light on other, lesser-known marine creatures in local waters, their role in the ecosystem and more.

Anemonefishes are a group of damselfishes "that exclusively live symbiotically with sea anemones," researchers said in a July 10 study published in the peer-reviewed journal ZooKeys. They are ...

The new species has a diamond-shaped body, "flat" head and "whip-like tail," researchers said. Its skin is covered with ...

A new species of ancient shark has been discovered at Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky, officials said.