When it comes to spooky season, it feels like everyone is always trying to capitalize on the idea of fear. You can hook an ...

The octopus was spotted as part of a 21-day expedition exploring the deep sea around the Cook Islands. This region contains ...

Scientists have deployed artificial intelligence to cut seafloor image analysis from hours — or even years — to seconds, ...

Visitors to Seaside might be surprised, and a little grossed out, to find thousands of transparent, blubbery, worm-like ...

Scientists have discovered Chile’s red cusk-eel living deep inside methane seeps - chemical oases once thought too extreme ...

Researchers determined that few microplastics remain at the ocean's surface. Instead, they sit in the deep water columns: ...

While exploring the seafloor, the team spotted something eerie swimming in the distance. As the camera moved closer, the ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Oceanographers scouring the waters off of Western Australia have ...

"Deep-sea mining is a new potential threat to this group of animals which are both vital in the ocean ecosystem and to human culture and identity," said Aaron Judah, lead author of the study and ...

An enormous but poorly understood region of the global ocean—referred to as the abyssal benthic boundary layer—lies a few meters above the seafloor and has only been sampled a handful of times. A ...

Scientists off Japan found a deep-sea creature with 18 “dark yellow eggs” and discovered a new species, a study said. Getty Images/iStockphoto Thousands of feet down off the coast of Japan swam a pink ...