The marine biologists of the Schmidt Ocean Institute are a busy bunch. Over the last few years, scientists aboard the ...

A deep-sea mining test shows ecosystem damage can begin immediately, with more than one-third of seafloor animals lost in a single pass.

Invisible clouds of sediment created by underwater mining spread for miles, putting ocean floor ecosystems at risk.

For much of the twentieth century, a prevailing view in marine biology held that most major marine groups originated in ...

Far below the waves of the Pacific, scientists are uncovering a riot of life just as industrial machines line up to scrape the seabed for metals. Hundreds of newly described animals, from delicate ...

The ocean is full of surprises, and scientists are still finding creatures that seem almost unreal. From tiny reef animals to bizarre deep-sea species, these discoveries show just how much of the ...

Meet the “ghost fish,” a phantom of the abyss. Here’s how we found the first ever proof of its existence just a few years ago. The deep sea is a part of the world that very few humans get the chance ...

The elusive deep-sea creature typically lives over 1,000 meters below sea level, but was seen around 250 meters below sea level ...

A deep‑sea mission off Argentina captured a rare phantom jellyfish and revealed the largest‑known Bathelia candida reef and ...

A dome-fronted submersible sinks beneath the waves off Indonesia, heading down nearly 1,000 meters in search of new species, ...

The deep sea, encompassing the vast, dark, and high-pressure regions beneath the ocean’s surface, is recognised as one of the most biodiverse yet underexplored ecosystems on our planet. Recent studies ...