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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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.
The marine biologists of the Schmidt Ocean Institute are a busy bunch. Over the last few years, scientists aboard the ...
Scientists have discovered at least four new species of octopus in the deep waters of a 100-square-mile area near Costa Rica, officials from the Schmidt Ocean Institute said on Tuesday. An ...
Thousands of strangers on the internet just collectively named a deep-sea creature that lives on sunken wood at the bottom of ...
More than a million giant skate eggs are discovered incubating in the heat of an underwater Pacific Ocean volcano.