The ocean is full of surprises, and scientists are still finding creatures that seem almost unreal. From tiny reef animals to ...

The most transformative deep sea finding in a generation is not a single strange animal or a record-breaking trench, but ...

Scientists exploring the mysterious "Dragon Hole" in the South China Sea have discovered around 1,700 strange viruses in oxygen-free waters, revealing a hidden world of extreme life beneath the ocean.

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Pink filamentous bacterial mat with Peinaleopolynoe orphanae scale worm, located at a depth of 2.2 miles (3656 meters). Photo: Schmidt Ocean Institute About those worms—they’re what’s known as ...

More than 3,600 meters beneath the Arctic Ocean, scientists have stumbled onto a hidden world that should not, by conventional wisdom, exist. In the permanent night and crushing pressure of the deep, ...

If there’s one thing we can all agree on, it’s that it’s been a weird year. And while that doesn’t really set 2025 apart from the last – well – decade, this year that trend spilt over into science too ...

Enigmatic octopuses that have been newly discovered in the waters off Costa Rica add to a growing registry of deep-sea dwellers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

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These three fish are freaks, phantoms and mysteries of the deep. Here’s what we’ve learned from the rare glimpses we’ve had of their lives. The deep sea is one of Earth’s final frontiers. Given its ...

Scientists have finally photographed a whale known only from sounds and remains, linking a mysterious deep-sea signal to a ...