The goblin shark (Mitsukurina owstoni) is among the most unusual and least understood predators in the ocean. Deep-dwelling, rarely encountered, and visually distinctive, the species has drawn ...

The ocean is still one of the biggest mysteries on Earth, and the deeper you go, the stranger it gets. Far below the surface, where sunlight can’t reach, lives a world full of creatures that look more ...

In a remarkable deep-sea breakthrough, researchers have discovered 24 new species of amphipods in the Pacific’s ...

The rush to mine the deep ocean is no longer a distant possibility. It’s here, thanks to global demand for minerals like cobalt and nickel rising, meaning governments and corporations are eyeing the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Performing vertical migration is the essential process required for nocturnal feeding. The ocean is home to some of the creepiest ...

A new study led by researchers at the University of Hawaii (UH) at Mānoa published in Nature Communications is the first of its kind to show that waste discharged from deep-sea mining operations in ...

Cephalopods—the class of animals that comprises octopuses and squids—are ubiquitous throughout the ocean, including in the deep sea. However, researchers still don't know very much about the ...

Fabio Cortesi receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Lily Fogg previously received a Research Training Program scholarship from the Australian Government. The deep sea is cold, dark ...

The ocean is home to some of the creepiest animals out there. It feels like the deeper you go in the water, the stranger and weirder the animals look. One such example is the viper dogfish, a small, ...