This week, Australia’s Minderoo Foundation announced a plan to help fill in the glaring blanks and track elusive ocean ...

The deep sea is a strange and mysterious place. With the vast majority of the ocean still unexplored, it’s no surprise that some of the creatures living down there are unlike anything we’ve ever seen.

A s they transport us to underwater landscapes, aquariums provide a soothing experience for visitors. The dark rooms, illuminated by soft light emanating from the tanks, display a ...

This species, discovered and described relatively recently, adds to the growing list of marine organisms that inhabit the dark, high-pressure environments of the deep sea. Its unique morphological ...

This jellyfish is an impressive contender on our Top 10 longest living Animals list. #2 Sea Sponge Coral Reef in the Southern ... curid=9949152 Corals, sponges, and other organisms living deep in the ...

A newly discovered deepwater tilefish, Branchiostegus sanae, has been named after San from Princess Mononoke due to its unique facial markings. Researchers confirmed its new-species status through ...

This is only the second time the species has been recorded while alive. “I thought it was A.I.,” says fish biologist Kory Evans. Black seadevil anglerfish (Melanocetus johnsonii) are deep-sea ...

What they have found has nothing to do with abyssal creatures or marine legends ... used for tracking and identifying vessels at sea, in many countries it is not mandatory. Not to mention that ...

Light is a primary driver of visual evolution in shrimp, according to new FIU research published this week in Nature Communications. The deep sea is a dark place, with the only light coming from ...

The deep sea is a dark place, with the only light coming from animals that glow (bioluminescence) and occasional faint glimmers from the surface above. Led by biologist Danielle DeLeo, this new FIU ...

A shark research organization came face to face last week with a deep sea creature who isn't known for seeing the light of day. Condrik Tenerife, a shark and stingray research and conversation ...

Deep-Sea Corals Are Home to Previously Unknown Bacteria With Extremely Small Genomes Nov. 8, 2024 — A research team has discovered two remarkable species of bacteria in the tissue of two deep ...