From bone-eating snot-flowers to snowboarding scale worms, when a whale dies it becomes a colossal island of nutrients – ...

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 ...

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.

In the deep ocean, where sunlight never reaches, and food drifts down like confetti, survival is less about speed and more ...

The deep ocean hosts animals that evolved under extreme darkness, pressure, and limited food. Many species rely on ambush tactics, bioluminescent lures, or oversized jaws to capture rare prey. These ...

Somewhere in the North Atlantic, more than a kilometer beneath its surface, a cold-water coral reef stretches across an ...

The ocean is full of some incredibly odd creatures. It feels like the further you go down, the stranger and more alien-like they become. With so many interesting creatures, it makes you wonder, what ...

This octopus can brood its eggs for nearly four years without eating. Here’s how this biological extreme has reshaped how ...

Scientists recorded the first shark in Antarctic waters when a sleeper shark passed a deep-sea camera in near-freezing darkness.

Scientists discover underwater mountain ranges, golden towers of coral, and never-before-seen sea creatures.

Scientists found worms living inside a glass sponge castle - and that's just one of 38 new species.