Meet some of the 31 new species scientists have identified in what could be record time, off the coast of Brazil.

Six animals pulled from the deep ocean were so biologically distinct that researchers had to create entirely new taxonomic ranks to classify them, from a new order of sponges to a new supergroup of ...

Scientists aboard the research vessel Falkor (too) have identified 28 previously unknown deep-sea species living around cold ...

In the ocean's twilight zone, where the reach of the Sun fades to nothing, an epic migration begins every time night falls.

The snails and other mollusks around hydrothermal vents have evolved to thrive in extreme conditions, but mineral extraction ...

For the first time, researchers have filmed the elusive goblin shark alive in the deep ocean where it naturally lives. The ...

Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with a sudden wave of volcanic sediment, leaving them suffocated. Four months ...

“Imagine knowing a species exists, but never having seen it alive.” ...

A new study suggests that deep-sea life reaps the benefits of icebergs’ castoffs — a rare silver lining as a warming planet ...

The enormous deep-sea cousins of your garden’s pill bugs can go five years without food. A gene they pilfered from bacteria ...

An underwater voyage has revealed a network of creatures thriving at the bottom of deep-sea ocean trenches. In these extreme environments, the crushing pressure, scant food and lack of sunlight can ...

New research shows why some shelly critters flourished in the ocean’s harshest habitats — and others didn’t Jack Tamisiea Beds of Bathymodiolus mussels provide important habitat for other deep-sea ...