Researchers uncovered hundreds of previously unknown deep-sea species, giving the scientific community a better idea of what ...

Deep-sea researchers captured rare footage of a fascinating creature living approximately 62 miles off California's coast.

Nearly 4,000 m beneath the Pacific, in water so dark that sunlight has never penetrated, scientists have stumbled on a new way that oxygen can appear where it should not exist. The finding, quickly ...

The deep ocean is about as mysterious as the depths of outer space, and it's home to some bizarre finds, from tiny angelic creatures to giant worms.

Scientists have discovered a new deep-sea mollusk living 18,045 feet beneath the Pacific Ocean, featuring an iron-coated tongue that reveals extraordinary evolutionary adaptation.

A newly discovered visual cell in deep-sea fish larvae is reshaping long-held assumptions about how vertebrates see the world.

Scientists have discovered at least four new species of octopus in the deep waters of a 100-square-mile area near Costa Rica, officials from the Schmidt Ocean Institute said on Tuesday. An ...

Recent studies challenge long-standing beliefs about vertebrate vision with the discovery of a novel visual system in deep-sea fish, while a groundbreaking fossil find in Niger reveals a remarkable ...

More than a million giant skate eggs are discovered incubating in the heat of an underwater Pacific Ocean volcano.