Sea dragons are some of the most ornately camouflaged creatures on the planet. Adorned with gossamer, leaf-shaped appendages over their entire bodies, they are perfectly outfitted to blend in with ...

These sea monsters grew upwards of 40 feet (12 meters) long. About half that length was neck, a feature that allowed Styxosaurus to sneak up on schools of fish as it slowly cruised the shallow ...

Xiphactinus was one of the largest bony fish of the Late Cretaceous and is considered one of the fiercest creatures in the sea. A powerful tail and winglike pectoral fins shot the 17-foot-long (5 ...

These Bizarre Sea Creatures May Help Save Coral Reefs—If They Survive These Bizarre Sea Creatures May Help Save Coral Reefs—If They Survive Watch: Divers Stumble Across a Super-Long Sea ...

The ornately colored sea anemone (uh-NEM-uh-nee) is named after the equally flashy terrestrial anemone flower. A close relative of coral and jellyfish, anemones are stinging polyps that spend most ...

(Learn about the peacock mantis shrimp with your kids ... while Red Sea mantis shrimp are beige with thin red stripes and a dark rear end. But all these animals are best known for their mighty ...

The green turtle is a large, weighty sea turtle with a wide, smooth carapace, or shell. It inhabits tropical and subtropical coastal waters around the world and has been observed clambering onto ...

Females slip into the sea to hunt and return to their young with the day's catch—identifying their own offspring by touch and scent. These animals are social and also gather at various times ...

Females likely migrated hundreds of miles to lay eggs on sandy beaches, much like sea turtles do today ... turtles feed on slow-moving marine creatures such as jellyfish and shellfish as well ...

The weedy sea dragon, also called the common sea dragon, inhabits the waters off south and east Australia. Compared to the leafy sea dragon, weedies have less flamboyant projections and are ...

Olive and Kemp’s ridleys are the smallest of the sea turtles, weighing up to 100 ... The olive ridley is mostly carnivorous, feeding on such creatures as jellyfish, snails, crabs, and shrimp.