The ocean is home to a vast array of different animals, each with its own traits. These include different forms of mating, ...

When most of us picture the ocean, we imagine turquoise waves, colorful reefs, and shoals of darting fish. But that’s only the surface. Venture deeper, far below the last reach of sunlight, and you ...

Beds of Bathymodiolus mussels provide important habitat for other deep-sea critters, including sea stars, scaleworms and limpets. NOAA Ocean Exploration. The deep sea is the large ...

The deep sea is cold, dark and under immense pressure. Yet life has found a way to prevail there, in the form of some of Earth’s strangest creatures. Since deep-sea critters have adapted to near ...

The ocean is deep, dark, cold and full of mysteries — and in its deepest regions, animals grow to astonishing sizes. From isopods the size of cats to squids that could square off with a school bus, ...

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.

A rare deep-sea encounter off Argentina reveals a species seldom seen by humans and a hidden world thriving in darkness.

Some deep-sea fish may be able to see light in a different way from most other vertebrates, according to a new study. The ...

The marine biologists of the Schmidt Ocean Institute are a busy bunch. Over the last few years, scientists aboard the ...

A newly discovered deep-sea creature has become an unlikely Internet star. After appearing in a popular YouTube video, a rare ...

Sharks are often imagined as massive, powerful predators cruising through open water, but not all sharks are great ...