A mining-machine test on the deep-ocean floor resulted in species diversity declining by roughly 32% in the tracks of the ...

A deep sea robot is exploring remote underwater canyons. And the biodiverse sights are astonishing. On a 55-day expedition off the Chilean coast, scientists aboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute's ...

The expedition is part of the Government's Blue Belt programme to support marine conservation and sustainability of the seas ...

The most transformative deep sea finding in a generation is not a single strange animal or a record-breaking trench, but ...

From a third species of manta to a 'death ball' sponge, discover the array of new findings made in the world's oceans in 2025 ...

Despite crushing pressure, total darkness and near-freezing temperatures, researchers found an underwater world teeming with ...

For more than 60 years, the ginkgo-toothed beaked whale (Mesoplodon ginkgodens) was one of the ocean’s greatest mysteries.

A deep-sea expedition has recorded 30 previously unknown species from one of the planet’s most inaccessible regions, at depths of up to 700 meters, or 2,300 feet, in the Southern Ocean. The ...

A brooding mother octopus shelters her eggs behind two different types of corals. The image was made by pilots using a robot to explore the north wall of the Mar Del Plata submarine canyon in ...

Scientists exploring the deep Pacific Ocean have uncovered a strange “yellow brick road” on the seabed near Hawaii. The ...

Off the coast of British Columbia, nearly a mile beneath the surface, something unexpected is happening. It starts with heat.