Scientists found a purple animal with a “remarkably big body” and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo shows a representative area of Punakha. Photo from Nihar Modi via Unsplash A shiny ...

Oceanographer Anya Stajner was recently 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 ...

Several miles below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, scientists aboard a submersible scanned the shadowy seafloor for signs of life. Soon enough, a “long” purple sea creature caught their attention — ...

A small creature used its “slender” limbs to grip the bank of a small forest stream in Vietnam as it called out. Little did the critter know that its call was attracting more than a mate — it also ...

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 ...

Scientists on a submersible in the Pacific Ocean found a 1-foot-long sea creature with 24 “feet” and discovered a new species, a study said. Getty Images/iStockphoto Several miles below the surface of ...