The deep sea, a realm of perpetual darkness, crushing pressure, and cold temperatures, is home to some of the most unusual ...

To survive the deep ocean, sea creatures need all kinds of adaptations that give them alien-like appearances, like huge eyes ...

The second expedition took researchers to the Southern Ocean’s Bellingshausen Sea, off West Antarctica. The team was the ...

A standout discovery was this new predatory sponge. Its spherical form is covered in tiny hooks that trap prey.

Researchers are not even halfway through analyzing the thousands of samples collected from the Southern Ocean, but they've ...

Documentation provides one of the most detailed observations of seafloor biodiversity and habitats at these depths ...

Scientists are revolutionizing how new marine species are described through the Ocean Species Discoveries initiative. Using advanced lab techniques, researchers recently unveiled 14 new species from ...

While many shark species can be observed from beaches and boats in oceans all over the world – there are some that are so ...

Marine animals living in the cold, dark depths of the ocean are interconnected across the world by a hidden “superhighway”, a groundbreaking new study suggests. The research, published in the journal ...

A new study led by researchers at the University of Hawaii (UH) at Mānoa published in Nature Communications is the first of ...

Scientists caution that unchecked mining could disrupt ocean food webs from the depths to dinner plates worldwide.