From the ship-dragging Kraken to eerie merfolk and other nightmare beings of the sea, mythology and folklore are filled with creatures that turned the ocean into a place of terror. This video explores ...

Ghosts, goblins, spiders, and wolves don't just show up in fairytales. Some deep-sea creatures are named after frightening or mythical creatures thanks to their eerie appearances. However, strange ...

According to Celtic and Norse mythology, selkies are seals who can become human by shedding their "sealskin" on land. Anyone ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — An underwater voyage has ...

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 ...

About 300 miles off the coast of Tokyo, researchers aboard a deep-sea submersible sank below the surface of the water. Equipped with a small porthole and digital camera, the Shinkai 6500 sank to ...