Off the coast of Argentina, the deep ocean is revealing secrets that could change everything we know about marine ecosystems. Recent discoveries have uncovered vast, uncharted coral reefs and species ...

Despite climate change, newly discovered species in 2026 are teaching us that even in adversity, some still thrive.

Q. Someone told me that the body and arms of calamari, like you eat in a restaurant, can be more than 40 feet long. I’m not sure I believe my ...

Deep-sea researchers captured rare footage of the bumpy snailfish, an unusual species living approximately 62 miles off ...

A deep-sea camera captured the first-ever shark recorded in Antarctic waters — a 10- to 13-foot sleeper shark swimming 1,608 feet below the surface.

Scientists discovered that wrinkled rocks in Morocco were formed by deep sea microbes that survived without sunlight.

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.

Previous research has suggested that Greenland sharks had impaired vision, so Fogg wasn’t expecting to discover anything ...

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

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 ...