Learn about the new deep-sea species discovered in the Southern Ocean, including a "death-ball" sponge that uses a deadly ...

Researchers are not even halfway through analyzing the thousands of samples collected from the Southern Ocean, but they've ...

Diverse life forms exist on and within the ocean floor. These primarily consist of microbes, tiny organisms that can cope ...

Groupers are among the ocean's most extraordinary inhabitants. Capable of reaching lengths over eight feet and weighing up to ...

In the deep-sea meta, strength means nothing and adaptation means everything. From anglerfish with living lures to crustaceans built for crushing pressure, these creatures prove that evolution doesn’t ...

Sea monsters like the Kraken, serpents or the Loch Ness monster may be just in our imagination, but across history, these stories have roots in reality. Today, we still like to exaggerate and tell ...

Wonders of Nature and Imagination" exhibit at Harvard University's Museum of Natural History looks at creatures deep beneath the sea.

A climate reporter wanted to follow scientists into the Mediterranean Sea. First, he had to learn to scuba dive.

In the deep sea, there are places where chemicals and nutrients seep out of the sediment and into the water. These chemosynthetics-based ecosystems were discovered in 1977, and in the decades since, ...

From corn mazes to haunted houses, the spooky season is in full swing. Jack-o-lanterns, ghouls and goblins are around every corner, but the scariest creatures of all might be thousands of feet below ...

Abstract: Sea ice plays a crucial role in global climate patterns, making the acquisition of sea ice change information significant. The rapid development of global navigation satellite system (GNSS) ...

The Pygmy Shark (Euprotomicrus bispinatus), the world’s second smallest shark species and one of the species with a high overlap with proposed deep sea mining. Credit: Blue Planet Archive / Masa ...