Deep-sea fish adapt to some of the most extreme conditions on Earth. New research analyzing their evolution finds the same ...

Ocean sunfish weighing an estimated 1,000 pounds shows resiliency after possible great white shark attack off Tasmania.

Once dubbed the "world's ugliest animal," the blobfish – scientific name Psychrolutes marcidus – has been named New Zealand's ...

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Evolving roughly 27 different times in the long history of fish, bioluminescence—the biological production of light—is one of ...

In large part thanks to being in the right place at the right time, researchers discovered a thriving marine ecosystem ...

Mesoscale eddies, oceanic gyres about 100 kilometers in diameter, are ubiquitous features of the global ocean and play a ...

How is organic matter transported from productive coastal areas to the open ocean? Researchers have now shown that eddies play a crucial role in this process. The swirling currents contain large ...

Scientists have determined that at least six new aquatic species have been thriving under an Antarctic ice shelf.

Marine life in the deep ocean can take decades to recover from the impact of deep-sea mining for rare metals, new research shows.

Despite growing interest in deep-sea mining, much of the deep ocean, particularly the midwater zone, remains poorly understood. A 2023 study in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone found that 88% to 92% of ...

Pyconogonids, or sea spiders, are found throughout the world’s oceans, but reach startlingly large sizes around the poles. Screengrab from Schmidt Ocean Institute's Facebook video “Technically ...