The specimens were the bycatch of a fishing vessel in the South China Sea, which researchers later bought to study.

A riotous photography collection from a recent underwater mission off the coast of Chile shows new and fascinating deep-sea ...

A new study analyzes the evolutionary history of 11 deep-sea species from environments stretching from the central Indian ...

A calving iceberg exposed a region that never before had been seen by human eyes, revealing a vibrant, thriving ecosystem ...

A hidden ecosystem of giant sea spiders, octopuses, and other stunning sea creatures shows how life can flourish even when ...

Iceberg A-84 broke off from Antarctica and revealed a thriving community of sea creatures ... "Many deep-sea dwellers are adapted to unchanging conditions found in their environment, so they ...

Published March 14 | Read More | A new species of sea cucumber, Amphigymnas ganquani, was discovered in the South China Sea by a robot named “discovery.” This “fragile” creature ...

When the A-84 iceberg calved in January, it unveiled a 209-square-mile swath of seafloor. Nearby scientists rushed to the ...