Gulf Coast beaches are prime spots to find unique items that wash up on the shoreline, including the phenomenon beachcombers call "sea pigs." ...

Two City of Galveston agencies have partnered with the Washed Ashore Project to create a permanent piece of public art made ...

Sea pigs live on the sea floor, between 3,300 to 19,500 feet (1 to 6 km) below the ocean's surface, and feed on the organic material that falls from the upper ocean layers, sometimes called ...

A sea pig crawling along the sea floor Credit: 2005 MBARI. Scientists also found sea spiders "as big as your hand" and sea stars "that grow to the size of a dinner plate", added Strugnell.

Sea pigs are protective of a different type of creature: king crabs. In 2016, the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) found young lithodid crabs (Neolithodes diomedeae) ...

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 ...