While exploring the ocean in a deep-sea submersible, scientists say they discovered a flourishing ecosystem capable of ...

The bumpy snailfish is one of three newly identified deep-sea snailfish species described by MBARI collaborators at SUNY ...

Scientists have identified the bumpy snailfish and two other new deep-sea species, discovered during MBARI dives in Monterey ...

The deep sea is home to some of the weirdest creatures on Earth, from ghostly elder fish to carnivorous harp sponges.

The bumpy snailfish, discovered 10,000 feet down off the coast of California, shows that not all denizens of the abyss are ...

The adorable fish has garnered attention, but the study also describes two other fish that were discovered in the deep waters.

A team of researchers, including an expert from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, discovered a new species of deep-sea coral ...

Chewbacca, everyone’s favourite Wookiee. A type of coral, it was first discovered on the seabed in Hawaii and then seen again near the Mariana Trench.As well as his characteristic growl, Chewbacca is ...

The coral, named Iridogorgia chewbacca, is known for its long, flexible branches and shiny surface. The species earned its nickname because the coral’s “hairy” looking branches and upright, ...

Around an island off mainland Taiwan, shrimp trawlers hauled in their nets and started sifting through their catch. A ...

Scattered across an abyssal plain known as the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) are polymetallic nodules that are a potato-sized ...

"It was an unsolved mystery, as we know that plastic debris should remain floating on the sea surface. Now we have a deep ...