The ocean is full of surprises, and scientists are still finding creatures that seem almost unreal. From tiny reef animals to ...

The most transformative deep sea finding in a generation is not a single strange animal or a record-breaking trench, but proof that the abyss is a vast, living engine that rewrites what I think life ...

A world-first study led by Museums Victoria Research Institute has revealed that beneath the cold, dark, pressurized world of the deep sea, marine life is far more globally connected than previously ...

The Trump administration announced this past week that it has entered talks with the Cook Islands to research and develop seabed mineral resources. The Polynesian archipelago is one of only a handful ...

The deep sea is a distinctive environment, distinguished from surface waters by darkness, cold and immense pressures. Global data reveal how much more connected deep-sea life is than life in the ...

The deep-sea environment, long considered remote and inhospitable, is increasingly acknowledged as a reservoir of remarkable fungal biodiversity. Detailed studies have revealed that fungi inhabit ...

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 ...

Scientists have discovered a 300-year-old giant black coral off New Zealand. Its massive size and age reveal hidden deep-sea ...

The researchers successfully assembled a high-quality, chromosome-level genome comprising 16 chromosomes. Gene family expansion analyses revealed enrichment in pathways associated with nutrient uptake ...

These three fish are freaks, phantoms and mysteries of the deep. Here’s what we’ve learned from the rare glimpses we’ve had of their lives. The deep sea is one of Earth’s final frontiers. Given its ...

Global negotiations over the future of the deep sea are underway this week in Kingston, Jamaica where member states of the International Seabed Authority have gathered to continue shaping a regulatory ...

Anglers competed in about 40 divisions during the 77th Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo. Mississippi State researchers collected about fish samples for health analysis. Coastal Conservation Association hosted ...