A riotous photography collection from a recent underwater mission off the coast of Chile shows new and fascinating deep-sea ...

Marine ecosystems in the deep ocean show little sign of recovery even decades after experimental mining, according to new ...

Look, here comes a blobfish! This thrilling deep-sea fish was voted the world's ugliest animal by the Ugly Animal Preservation Society. But its jelly-like skin looks much more natural at 900 meters.

Sunlight penetrates no farther than a few hundred feet down, leaving the deep-sea floor as dark as the deepest cave. With no sunlight, there are no plants; all vent life belongs to the animal kingdom.

The underwater mountains of the northwest Pacific are dotted with various types of coral, sponges and plants ... association with deep-sea glass sponges on seamounts in the northwest Pacific,” so far, ...

Scientists discover ‘thriving ecosystem’ of deep sea creatures after iceberg breaks off in Antarctica - Ecosystem could be ...

Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it feels like another planet—where creatures glow and life survives under crushing pressure.

Animals release carbon in the form of CO2 when they breathe, while plants take in that gas along ... the carbon in their carcasses can create a feast for deep-sea critters and also be buried ...

sponges and plants. Some species are rigid and colorful, while others are nearly translucent and flexible in the water currents. Glass sponges are found along the deep sea, providing a hiding ...