Some deep-sea fish may be able to see light in a different way from most other vertebrates, according to a new study. The ...

Beds of Bathymodiolus mussels provide important habitat for other deep-sea critters, including sea stars, scaleworms and limpets. NOAA Ocean Exploration. The deep sea is the large ...

Scientists have filmed a live colossal squid for the first time. This happened in March 2025 during an expedition in the ...

The marine biologists of the Schmidt Ocean Institute are a busy bunch. Over the last few years, scientists aboard the ...

For many years, the deep ocean has been seen as a nutrient-poor environment where microbes living in the water survive on ...

The people’s mollusc: Scientists name strange deep-sea creature after thousands offer suggestions online - Eleven different online participants independently suggested the same successful name ...

Marine researchers exploring extreme depths say they have discovered an astonishing deep-sea ecosystem of chemosynthetic life that’s fueled by gases escaping from fractures in the ocean bed. The ...

Japanese scientists confirm a new marine coral species, Corallizoanthus aureus, that glows in the dark and inhabits deep caves in the ocean.

The Senckenberg Ocean Species Alliance (SOSA), in partnership with the scientific publisher Pensoft Publishers and science ...

A new eco-friendly plastic called LAHB has shown it can biodegrade even in the extreme environment of the deep ocean, unlike conventional plastics that persist for decades. In real-world underwater ...

On September 7, the Chinese fishing trawler Minjinyu 5179 refused an order by Japan’s coast guard to leave disputed waters ...