Deep below the surface of the ocean in the South China Sea, a robot named “discovery” searched the seafloor for life. Faxian, ...

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In the cold, lightless Pacific Ocean deep, the seabed is scattered with metal-rich rocks coveted by miners—and huge numbers ...

Life down there plays by a completely different set of rules, with creatures that have adapted in ways we can barely imagine.

Eunice siphoninsidiator, or the tube ambushing marine bristle worm, was discovered within the structure of glass sponges by a ...

Researchers said they named the new species after Cocos Island, also known as Isla del Coco, where it was first discovered and, so far, the only place it has been found. The remote, uninhabited island ...

Researchers inside a deep-sea vehicle collected sea cucumbers ... as new species in Colombia → 'Large' creature with 'long' limbs found lurking in Thailand cave. It's a new species → ...

The deep sea, covering approximately 65% of Earth's surface, has long been considered a biological desert. In this extreme ...

Deep below the surface of the ocean in the South China Sea, a robot named “discovery ... species in Colombia → 'Large' creature with 'long' limbs found lurking in Thailand cave.

The sea cucumber’s color is “unique,” researchers said, and its smaller number of tentacles (15 compared to 18 found in other related species) sets the animal apart. The species earns its name from a ...