If you go down to the deep sea today you could be in for a big surprise. From dancing disco worms to majestic phantom jellyfish, the deep sea is full of wonders. For a group of researchers in Japan, ...

Beds of Bathymodiolus mussels provide important habitat for other deep-sea critters, including sea stars, scaleworms and limpets. NOAA Ocean Exploration. The deep sea is the large ...

A team of researchers documenting the deep sea off the coast of Argentina captured rare footage of a jellyfish “that can grow ...

Japanese scientists confirm a new marine coral species, Corallizoanthus aureus, that glows in the dark and inhabits deep caves in the ocean.

Deep-sea corals are incredibly useful for conducting scientific investigations and raising public awareness. Geologists, biologists, ecologists, chemists, geneticists, historians and marine managers ...

The marine biologists of the Schmidt Ocean Institute are a busy bunch. Over the last few years, scientists aboard the ...

In April 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, and the ensuing blowout spewed oil for the next three months, making it the largest oil spill in U.S. history. The oil ...

The deep-sea coral Callogorgia delta is often found in the Gulf of Mexico near cold seeps. The pink-coloured brittle stars are probably useful for the corals. The photo was taken at a depth of 439 ...

We’re used to seeing the Star Wars universe revolve around the infinite expanse of outer space. However, the franchise’s widely-recognizable Chewbacca goes subaquatic as a team of researchers ...

Hawaiian gold coral in the deep ocean. (Photo credit: HURL) Layers of coral skeleton laid down over the past 1,000 years can be seen in this polished section of a deep sea coral. (Photo by M. McCarthy ...

In late 2025, a comprehensive scientific expedition off the coast of Argentina brought back high-resolution footage, ...