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During a recent expedition aboard the research vessel David Packard, MBARI scientists encountered a rarely seen barreleye ...

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Marine animals living in the cold, dark depths of the ocean are interconnected across the world by a hidden "superhighway", a groundbreaking new study suggests. The research, published in the journal ...

Basketwork eels gathering in extraordinary numbers around Patience Seamount, south of Tasmania, in footage captured in 2007. (CSIRO) Every year, hundreds of meters below the waves in the cold, dark ...

For all of humanity’s ventures to outer space, we’ve yet to see 99.999% of the deep-sea floor. In the latest subaquatic news, researchers discovered some 4,000 marine species, 88% of which were new ...

It seems a ghost-like creature was filmed in the deep sea at a depth of 3,277 meters. A ghost? Do they appear in the ocean ...

Dive into the movement of the spindly brittle star, which is more mobile, and more connected, in the deep sea. Deep-sea brittle stars are always on the move. That’s what a new study seems to suggest, ...

Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with a sudden wave of volcanic sediment, leaving them suffocated. Four months ...

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A deep-sea exploration team has discovered 57 new species, including one they compare to a Spongebob Squarepants character, ‘Patrick Star’. STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST NEWS BY SUBSCRIBING TO ...

Bioluminescence is a fascinating survival strategy used by various marine animals to generate light in the pitch-black depths of the ocean. This remarkable natural ability aids in hunting prey, ...