For over 20 years, researchers have been encountering a mysterious creature lurking kilometers beneath the ocean’s surface.

This critter lurks in the ocean's midnight zone, has a voluminous hood, is completely see through and is bioluminescent. It's ...

Kelp is a hot topic right now,” said Gina Contolini, a kelp restoration specialist with the Greater Farallones Association, ...

King tides are bringing extreme high and low tides to the Central Coast this weekend, impacting local wetlands and providing a glimpse into the effects of rising sea levels.

The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute used underwater technology for two decades to gather more information on a mysterious sea slug.

"Everyone in the control room let out a loud 'Oooooh!' at the same time. We were all enchanted," a researcher said.

Advances in technology that enabled the discovery of a new species by California scientists may lead to a better ...

“Larry Crowder has long been a pioneer at taking new science about ocean life and turning it into ... colleagues and students ...

While most sea slugs use a rough tongue to feed on prey attached to the seafloor, B. caudactylus uses a cavernous hood to ...

Scientists at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute identified an intriguing new deep sea species off of California. It's see-through, can glow, and nabs prey with a large hood. At one point ...

Monterey Bay researchers have discovered a remarkable new species of sea slug that lives in the deep sea. It swims through ...

Researchers have discovered a remarkable new species of sea slug that lives in the deep sea. Nicknamed the 'mystery mollusc,' the nudibranch Bathydevius caudactylus swims through the ocean's midnight ...