Nature is full of record-breaking athletes, from birds that dive at breathtaking speeds to fish that slice through the ocean with unparalleled agility. Whether in the air, water or on land, some ...

These magnificent ocean predators use their speed to hunt schools of smaller ... sa/3.0/, via Wikimedia Commons While the cheetah may have lost its crown as the fastest animal on Earth, it remains an ...

The mysterious creature was filmed in the ocean near Antarctica. Scientists documented the juvenile, which could grow to more ...

The short high-definition footage was gathered by a submersible called Subastian, operated by the nonprofit Schmidt Ocean ...

Scientists studied deep-sea lifeforms while tracking the effects of climate change on Antarctica’s Denman Glacier. While at sea, the scientists trawled up some unusual critters. The sea pig was ...

It is a soft-bodied sea animal, similar to an octopus but longer and bulkier. It has a tube-shaped body, huge eyes, and arms and tentacles with suckers to grab food. In the water, a squid moves by ...

But deceased specimens and scattershot footage at the sea surface can only tell you so much. To properly understand the lives of these fascinating animals, scientists needed to spot one swimming ...

It was a juvenile colossal squid, a mysterious deep-sea animal that can grow to weigh more than 1,000 pounds. The rare sight was filmed in March near the South Sandwich Islands in the South ...