According to IFL Science, the team of scientists retrieved autonomous reef monitoring structures that they placed among ...

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

Scientists in New Zealand have discovered what may be the biggest example of the species ever recorded—at more than 13 feet ...

Deep below the surface of New Zealand’s southern fjords, in waters rarely disturbed and even less understood, a discovery has ...

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.

As you get closer to the bottom of the ocean, it gets darker, denser and stranger. All light from the surface has been absorbed, and only the most adapted species can navigate the lack of oxygen in ...

Far below the ocean’s surface, where sunlight disappears and pressure reaches crushing levels, some of the planet’s strangest ...

Meet the “ghost fish,” a phantom of the abyss. Here’s how we found the first ever proof of its existence just a few years ago. The deep sea is a part of the world that very few humans get the chance ...

A treasure trove of deep reef dwellers has been discovered in coral reefs off the coast of Guam, including 20 that are new to ...

The deep sea also harbours some of the most intriguing and alien-like species in existence, yet for several centuries, these ...