A shiny purple creature crawled around the inside of a tree near a palace in Bhutan. Perhaps the “stout” insect’s tree-dwelling lifestyle helped it go unnoticed. Or maybe the nearby palace simply ...

Oceanographer Anya Stajner was enjoying a sunset walk along the La Jolla Shores beach when a vibrant violet pop of color caught her eye in the sand. She got down on her hands and knees and was ...

A new species of deep-sea creature that resembles a discarded purple sock has been identified as an early form of life in a discovery that will help scientists understand how animals have evolved over ...

If you spend enough mornings walking the shoreline around San Diego, you know the tide always has a surprise or two waiting in the sand. But lately, beachgoers along Southern California’s coast have ...

A deep-sea creature that resembles a purple sock has been identified as resembling an early form of life, according to findings published this week in the journal Nature. The Xenoturbella has no brain ...