The scientists examined the lineages of two groups of bivalves—marine invertebrates that include clams, oysters, mussels, and ...

The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute observed the bumpy snailfish (Careproctus colliculi) swimming near the seafloor ...

A photographer captured this extraordinary site where whales' bodies lie in the shallows, with troubling repercussions for the deep oceans.

The post Deep-Sea Ghost: How Scientists Finally Caught the Whale No One Had Ever Seen appeared first on A-Z Animals. Recovering the DNA sample involved distracting a curious albatross to recover the ...

Strange organisms that get their energy from chemical reactions instead of the sun have been discovered at the bottom of ocean trenches up to 31,000 feet deep in the northwest Pacific between Russia ...

These three fish are freaks, phantoms and mysteries of the deep. Here’s what we’ve learned from the rare glimpses we’ve had of their lives. The deep sea is one of Earth’s final frontiers. Given its ...

Scientists propose that eukaryotes formed when an Asgard archaeon entered into a close partnership with an alphaproteobacterium. Over time, the two organisms became permanently linked. The ...

Deep-sea mining is the extraction of minerals from the seabed in the deep ocean. Most of the interest is in what are known as polymetallic nodules, which are potato-sized mineral deposits that have ...

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 ...