Organisms in the deep sea rely on gravity flows to lay down sediment and then make burrows beneath the seafloor, according to a new study.

New scans of the bottom of the Japan Trench reveal extensive burrow structures and evidence of regular "reset" events that ...

National Geographic explained how the scientists who spotted this anglerfish — also referred to as the “black seadevil” for ...

Scientists found deep-sea shrimp evolved special vision to detect bioluminescent light and navigate their world.

An unexpected radioactive discovery beneath the Pacific Ocean seabed may provide researchers with a new global geologic time ...

Did you know that some animals never experience aging the way humans do? From the immortal jellyfish that resets its life ...

A scary-looking creature with “devil” in its name was spotted close to the surface off Tenerife, a Spanish island.

This is only the second time the species has been recorded while alive. “I thought it was A.I.,” says fish biologist Kory Evans.

In most animals, the immune system would ... the cause was that pushed the anglerfishes into the deep open ocean,” says Brownstein. “However, we can say that their distinctive adaptation to life in ...

Feb. 7, 2025 — Researchers have analyzed the soft tissue from a fossilized plesiosaur for the first time. The results show that the long-necked marine reptile had both smooth and scaly skin.

Another deep-sea dweller washed up on a Carlsbad beach this week and its body now joins millions of other rare specimens being preserved for research at a lab in San Diego.

As the rumor goes, an oceanic area off the Western coast of Mexico is a "Jacuzzi of Despair," a pool of oceanic water that kills anything that enters it. A January 2025 Reddit pos ...