There was so little known about one of these creatures that it took 20 years just to figure out what exactly it was. Things only got weirder from there. The organism’s distinctive, glowing presence ...
Researchers recently revealed a stunning new species of sea slug glowing in the ocean’s darkest depths. Known as the “mystery mollusk” or Bathydevius caudactylus, this nudibranch inhabits the ocean’s ...
A new species of tusk shell, a burrowing marine mollusk, has been discovered in deep, North Atlantic waters by scientists from the British Antarctic Survey and the Senckenberg Society for Nature ...
The bioluminescent animal didn’t match up with anything they’d seen before, so they nicknamed it the “mystery mollusk.” “It sort of looks like it was made up from spare parts left over ...
National Geographic's enterprising photographers have helped readers explore and learn about our beautiful world through their images for more than a century. Here is their best work from the past ...