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 ...

Dive into the depths of the ocean to discover seven rare deep-sea creatures so strange and elusive, you won't believe they exist.

The ocean is home to a vast array of different animals, each with its own traits. These include different forms of mating, ...

Some deep-sea fish may be able to see light in a different way from most other vertebrates, according to a new study. The ...

In July and August scientists onboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor (too) spotted the oddities through the eyes of an underwater robot as they explored the Mar del Plata Canyon.

The ocean is deep, dark, cold and full of mysteries — and in its deepest regions, animals grow to astonishing sizes. From isopods the size of cats to squids that could square off with a school bus, ...

The deep sea is cold, dark and under immense pressure. Yet life has found a way to prevail there, in the form of some of Earth’s strangest creatures. Since deep-sea critters have adapted to near ...

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

Twenty-seven photographs from seven deep-sea localities in the North Atlantic reveal cirrate octopods in their natural habitat. The photographs demonstrate that these octopods are benthopelagic, ...

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

A deep-sea mining test shows ecosystem damage can begin immediately, with more than one-third of seafloor animals lost in a single pass.