In July and August scientists onboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor (too) spotted the oddities through ...

It looked like a shadow at first — but after several minutes, a rare species of deep-sea shark had swum by an underwater ...

We’re all familiar with La Jolla’s sea lions, harbor seals, orcas, garibaldi and seabirds. But in this series of stories ...

The Schmidt Ocean Institute's ship was equipped with the ROV SuBastian, a deep-sea remotely operated vehicle used to explore the seamounts of the Pacific Ocean. During a 2024 voyage, ROV SuBastian was ...

The creatures, which ranged in size from that of a fox to more than 50 feet long, divided their time between the coast and ...

In general, sea anemones are known to keep their tube-like bodies relatively vertical and are considered immobile, researchers said. “Some species have adapted the ability to swim for predator evasion ...

The effect of these losses, the researcher’s contend, was to halt the development of the pygmy sea horse’s head at an early ...

The team collected almost 1,800 samples from depths as far down as 3 miles (4,800 meters), finding species of fish, squid, mollusk and coral that they believe are new to science.

Sea turtles typically come ashore and dig their nests on the beach, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ...