The ocean is home to some of the creepiest animals out there. It feels like the deeper you go in the water, the stranger and ...

A dome-fronted submersible sinks beneath the waves off Indonesia, heading down nearly 1,000 metres in search of new species, ...

The ocean is full of surprises, and scientists are still finding creatures that seem almost unreal. From tiny reef animals to ...

A new study led by scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), along with international partners, finds that ...

The most transformative deep sea finding in a generation is not a single strange animal or a record-breaking trench, but ...

In 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 Canyon.

Some animals do not have red blood like humans. From spiders to octopuses, their copper-rich blue blood helps them survive extreme environments. Here’s how it works and why it matters.

The deep sea, encompassing the vast, dark, and high-pressure regions beneath the ocean’s surface, is recognised as one of the most biodiverse yet underexplored ecosystems on our planet. Recent studies ...

Twenty-seven photographs from seven deep-sea localities in the North Atlantic reveal cirrate octopods in their natural habitat. The photographs demonstrate that these octopods are benthopelagic, ...

Scientists descend nearly 11,000 meters into the Pacific to investigate reports of oxygen production without sunlight on the ...