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

When most of us picture the ocean, we imagine turquoise waves, colorful reefs, and shoals of darting fish. But that’s only the surface. Venture deeper, far below the last reach of sunlight, and you ...

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 ocean is home to some of the creepiest animals out there. It feels like the deeper you go in the water, the stranger and ...

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 ...

There are thousands of crab species, each with its own unique features. While we think of crabs as beach creatures, there are many species that thrive in the deep sea. One example is the yeti crab, ...

In July and August scientists onboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor (too) spotted the oddities through the eyes of an underwater robot as they explored the Mar del Plata Canyon.

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

Twenty-seven photographs from seven deep-sea localities in the North Atlantic reveal cirrate octopods in their natural habitat. The photographs demonstrate that these octopods are benthopelagic, ...

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 ...