Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with ...

Commercial trawlers off the southern coast of India caught several unfamiliar-looking eels in January 2024 and gave the specimens to scientists, Paramasivam Kodeeswaran and T. T. Ajith Kumar wrote in ...

The Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the world’s oceans, has long captivated scientists and explorers alike. Located in ...

The glow in Lough Hyne comes courtesy of dinoflagellates (tiny, single-celled plankton) floating near the surface of the ...

This is, to the best of my knowledge, the first live footage of this animal worldwide,” Kat Bolstad of Auckland University of ...

Scientists made a disturbing discovery inside the stomach of a deep-sea fish that washed ashore on an Oregon beach. What's happening? Back in April, Seaside Aquarium made a Facebook post ...

Microscopic image of Sericosura sea spider. Image via Shana Goffredi “While the deep sea feels far away, all organisms are interconnected, and the processes in one ecosystem affect the other,” ...

This giant jellyfish is rarely seen by humans, but it gives an eerily similar vibe to Darth Vader. Fortunately, it's ...

Although it may sound like a disaster movie, this is a scene from newly released rare footage of bottom trawling —a particularly destructive method of fishing in which a ship drags a heavy iron ...

In two separate incidents this week, rare deep-sea oarfish — nicknamed “doomsday fish" — have washed up on beaches in Tamil Nadu, India, and Tasmania, stirring ancient legends and online ...

“While the deep sea feels really far away, all organisms are interconnected. Even though they’re small, these animals have a big impact in that environment,” Goffredi said.