A 2024 underwater expedition came upon a large structure thought to be a shipwreck. In reality, it was a large animal, and a ...

Utilizing technology that was pioneered by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), scientists employed an ...

This rising din threatens to drown out the ocean’s own voices—songs so well-structured that a leopard seal’s ( Hydrurga ...

The deep sea is home to some of the weirdest creatures on Earth, from ghostly elder fish to carnivorous harp sponges.

Researchers have discovered three new species of deep-sea snailfish off the coast of California, including the bumpy ...

A recent underwater expedition has revealed a thriving network of creatures at the bottom of deep-sea ocean trenches. These extreme environments, with crushing pressure, scant food, and no sunlight, ...

The discovery challenges "long-standing assumptions about life's potential at extreme depths," study authors said.

Researchers travelling along the Kuril-Kamchatka and Aleutian trenches in the northwest Pacific Ocean used a submersible to ...

A massive hydrothermal field, Kunlun, has been discovered in the Pacific Ocean, exceeding the size of the Lost City. This ...

Twenty feet beneath the surface at La Jolla Shores, thousands of living sand dollars have created what looks like an ...

The Portugese man-of-war, "flying spaghetti monster" and an "alien like" sea star are among the creatures to be seen off the Texas coast.