Researchers studying a deep-sea octopus called Muusoctopus robustus have found thousands of the animals congregating at ...

Dive into the depths of the ocean to discover seven rare deep-sea creatures so strange and elusive, you won't believe they ...

The shark was spotted in near-freezing waters, which most species can't withstand ...

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

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 ...

Life in the deep ocean is not dark. It glows. Bioluminescence, the ability to produce light, is widespread. This trait ...

The chiton was first discovered in 2024 in the Izu-Ogasawara Trench at a depth of 5,500 meters. Ferreiraella populi belongs ...

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 elusive deep-sea creature typically lives over 1,000 meters below sea level, but was seen around 250 meters below sea level ...

Beneath the ocean's surface lies a world of perpetual darkness, home to some of Earth's most bizarre and fascinating creatures. These deep-sea inhabitants have evolved extraordinary adaptations to ...

From aboard their ship off the coast of Chile, scientists piloted a research vessel into the sapphire depths. About an hour into the dive, a white-ish blob emerged in the distance. The grocery bag ...

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