Twenty years ago, researchers saw what they called a "mystery mollusc." Now, they've finally described it in detail... but ...

From the largest blue whale to the tiny seahorse, aquatic animals amaze with their diversity and survival strategies.

Scientists warn deep-sea mining could harm sharks, rays, and ghost sharks. Their habitats overlap mining zones.

A recent Schmidt Ocean Institute expedition off the coast of Uruguay discovered at least 30 suspected new species and ...

Telescope fish are deep-sea dwelling creatures, found in tropical and subtropical regions of the ocean at depths between 500 ...

When hurricanes pass over the ocean they churn up creatures from the deep – a chance to feast for predators brave enough to ...

Meet the bumpy snailfish—described by scientists as "adorable"—as well as the dark snailfish and sleek snailfish, all of ...

The deepest known point in any of the world’s oceans is Challenger Deep, a section of the Mariana Trench that plunges to about 36,070 feet (10,994 meters). It’s an extraordinary place on Earth. While ...

A remarkable yellow worm, Paralvinella hessleri, thrives near boiling, toxic hydrothermal vents in the Pacific. This deep-sea ...

Researchers have described a new species of deep-sea lanternshark and crab, both with the help of specimens collected from a CSIRO-led 2022 voyage of CSIRO research vessel (RV) Investigator.

In New Zealand, the stay-or-go debate over orange roughy fisheries encapsulates the tensions in the relationship between ...

You might expect living near a lake or river should have much the same effects on health and longevity as living near the ocean. People enjoy these kinds of places in much the same way, after all. But ...