"It helps us monitor." Researchers stunned after making glowing discovery on deep-sea expedition: 'Might go on to be ...

Researchers retrieved reef monitoring devices that had been placed in deep coral reefs in Guam. The devices were placed up to 330 feet below the surface.

A multinational scientific team led by UiT has uncovered the deepest known gas hydrate cold seep on the planet. The discovery ...

Lanice spongicola lives on a glass sponge, a deep-sea sponge with a skeleton made of silica, that rises from hard rock. The ...

Deep-sea mining trials revealed significant but localized biodiversity loss in one of the planet’s least explored ecosystems.

This expedition marks a major leap forward in understanding our planet’s most overlooked reefs,” said Shannon Bennett.

Scientific divers have navigated a series of treacherous dives more than 330 feet deep in an attempt to unravel the mysteries of deep ocean reefs. They’re finding new species — and evidence of both cl ...

A newly discovered predatory “death-ball” sponge in the Southern Ocean hunts small prey with tiny hooks, revealing surprising ...

A spherical sea sponge discovered in Antarctica, Carnivorous cladorhizid, is a carnivore, trapping and devouring live animals.

Deep beneath the icy crust of the Greenland Sea, a multinational team of scientists has stumbled upon a world that shouldn't ...

Drones often capture footage of great whites and other sharks swimming in the shallows near beaches. Most sharks can be found in the upper sectors of the Earth’s oceans – but did you know that there ...

A study analyzing these modules reveals that these rocky lumps are capable of producing “dark oxygen” 4,000 meters below sea level where light cannot reach.