How do deep-sea creatures avoid getting crushed by the water pressure? Unlike animals living on land or in shallower water, ...

A mysterious world where one can live without a hard shellWhen you hear the term 'deep-sea creature,' what kind of animal ...

At the bottom of the ocean, at a depth of 10,000 meters, there is tremendous water pressure. Human submersibles cannot go ...

Meet the “ghost fish,” a phantom of the abyss. Here’s how we found the first ever proof of its existence just a few years ago. The deep sea is a part of the world that very few humans get the chance ...

Bioluminescence is a fascinating survival strategy used by various marine animals to generate light in the pitch-black depths of the ocean. This remarkable natural ability aids in hunting prey, ...

Thousands of meters below the ocean's surface lurk some gigantic creatures, much larger than their shallow-water brethren. Scientists have a few hunches for why this happens, but the debate continues.

An underwater voyage has revealed a network of creatures thriving at the bottom of deep-sea ocean trenches. In these extreme environments, the crushing pressure, scant food and lack of sunlight can ...

A Stygiomedusa gigantea, commonly known as the giant phantom jelly, spotted during a recent deep-sea expedition. | ROV SuBastian/Schmidt Ocean Institute Forget Bigfoot. Some of the ocean’s rarest ...

This ghostly organism was found at the bottom of the Ryukyu Trench and scientists are baffled by what this creature could be. | Photo credit: Jamieson et al., 2026, Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research ...

This past July and August scientists onboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor (too) spotted the oddities through the eyes of an underwater robot as they explored the Mar del Plata ...

More than 70% of our planet is covered in water, and yet we’ve barely explored what’s hiding beneath its surface. Who knows ...