Known to only live in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, the Solumbellula appeared in the Pacific for the first time to ...

Dive into the movement of the spindly brittle star, which is more mobile, and more connected, in the deep sea.

The vast array of organisms in the deep sea remains a mystery to humans. Now, marine biologists can add one more puzzle to the list. A collection of odd materials was discovered nearly four miles ...

While discovering new microbial organisms is interesting, finding larger animals is even more thrilling. Over 25,000 feet ...

A world-first study led by Museums Victoria Research Institute has revealed that beneath the cold, dark, pressurized world of ...

You may have read that the deep sea is a very different environment from the land and shallow water. There is no light, it is ...

The deep sea is home to weird and wonderful creatures that, over millions of years, have evolved specific traits to survive the extreme conditions of their habitat. Scientists define the deep sea ...

Seafloor dwellers must survive the crushing, near-freezing conditions found deep in the ocean. This sea cucumber (nicknamed the “sea pig”) was seen gently drifting more than 9,000 feet underwater.

Beneath the ocean’s surface lies a world of perpetual darkness, home to some of Earth’s most bizarre and fascinating creatures. These deep-sea inhabitants have evolved extraordinary ...

Gathering minerals such as nickel, cobalt, manganese and lithium from the seabed could affect everything from sponges to ...

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The biologists were ecstatic. A deep sea mission, undertaken by the Ocean Exploration Trust aboard their 223-foot vessel (E/V) Nautilus, recently spotted four nautilus individuals. Creatures ...