The deep sea is home to some of the weirdest creatures on Earth, from ghostly elder fish to carnivorous harp sponges. Sometimes, scientists discover more humble creatures that are so tiny that they go ...

The bumpy snailfish, discovered 10,000 feet down off the coast of California, shows that not all denizens of the abyss are frightening. By Alexa Robles-Gil For an animal, surviving in the ocean’s ...

CALIFORNIA, USA — Scientists exploring the deep waters off California’s coast have discovered a tiny new species of snailfish that has been capturing attention not only for its scientific value but ...

Trawlers off Taiwan caught a deep-sea predator with “very large” eyes and discovered a new species, a study said. Getty Images/iStockphoto Around an island off mainland Taiwan, shrimp trawlers hauled ...

A new study has uncovered the Levant Basin as one of the world's most concentrated graveyards for plastic packaging and the mechanisms that help the plastic sink down to the seafloor. The study, led ...

MBARI's advanced underwater technology is revealing the remarkable species that thrive in the deep sea. In 2019, MBARI researchers encountered an unfamiliar pink snailfish swimming just above the ...

A team of deep-sea divers conducted a weeklong operation to recover artifacts from the Titanic’s sister ship, the Britannic, more than a century after it sank in the Aegean Sea. The pieces collected ...

Bahrain first Middle Eastern country to support deep-sea mining Impossible Metals files 170-page application with International Seabed Authority Environmental review process to cost $70 million ...

A juvenile spotted ratfish. These deep-sea fish are named for their long, rat-like tails. Gareth J. Fraser, University of Florida Deep in the ocean, you can find a strange fish with teeth not just in ...

Researchers used MBARI's advanced underwater technology to discover a new species of deep-sea snailfish, and it's utterly adorable! Baby boy and woman, 68, among those who died during Optus Triple ...

This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. I’ve arrived in the middle of a vast expanse of what looks like green LEGO ...

The gymnastics season is officially underway and the top teams in the state have taken the mat for the first time. All teams have now competed at least once and some of the top teams are putting up ...