The new species were found as deep as 16,000 feet below sea level ...
Learn how likely new Arctic deep-sea species could help researchers map fragile sponge gardens and hydrothermal vents before ...
Photograper Julio A. Díaz. The new discoveries will increase the ecological importance of the Mallorca channel seamounts and the littoral caves, providing compelling arguments for the Spanish ...
Scientists working from deep-sea submersibles and museum collections have formally named a striking batch of new species this ...
Banded sand catsharks are nocturnal and demersal, meaning they live on the sea floor. They eat small fish and invertebrates and have snakelike bodies that are good for wriggling into sponges. "We ...
Marine biologists have discovered a dozen new species of sea sponges at the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary off California. Thomas Turner They were practically hiding in plain sight. Marine ...
Inside deep-sea coral in the Pacific, an iridescent creature waits in ambush. Zhou Y, Zhang R, Shen C, Mao Q, Zhang M, Zhang D (2025) ZooKeys The underwater mountains of the northwest Pacific are ...
Scientists found “massive” plant-covered sea animals at South Pacific reef and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo shows a representative island in French Polynesia. Photo from Gabor Koszegi ...
When we think of marine life, we usually picture colourful coral reefs or dense seaweed forests filled with fish and other critters. The ocean that comes to mind is the one touched by sunlight.