Far below the ocean’s surface, where sunlight disappears and pressure reaches crushing levels, some of the planet’s strangest ...

Scientists have long assumed the deep-sea Alicella gigantea was an uncommon survivor of the abyss.

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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.

As companies search underwater for resources, scientists are taking inventory of the ocean-dwelling creatures that could be ...

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Light is a primary driver of visual evolution in shrimp, according to new FIU research published this week in Nature Communications Biology. The deep sea is a dark place, with the only light coming ...

Scientists already knew that the pair of shallow coastal ocean dwellers keep very different schedules of downtime: The ...

Far below the Pacific, a volcano long written off as geologically dead has turned out to be both active and teeming with life ...

Scientists discovered deep Arctic methane mounds that release gas, shape ecosystems, and inform climate risks.