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.

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

A bumpy snailfish, Andean mouse opossum and ancient sea cow were just some of the many species described in 2025.

As companies search underwater for resources, scientists are taking inventory of the ocean-dwelling creatures that could be disturbed or harmed by deep-sea mining.

A transparent goby fish drifted through the darkness, its skeleton visible through paper-thin skin. Nearby, a sea slug wore ...

Scientists off Japan found a deep-sea creature with 18 “dark yellow eggs” and discovered a new species, a study said. Getty Images/iStockphoto Thousands of feet down off the coast of Japan swam a pink ...

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 ...

In the deep sea, there are places where chemicals and nutrients seep out of the sediment and into the water. These chemosynthetics-based ecosystems were discovered in 1977, and in the decades since, ...

Thousands of feet down off the coast of Japan swam a pink sea creature with “dark yellow eggs.” Out of the shadows, something encircled it and pulled it to the surface. Sifting through their catch, ...