Surprising footage reveals parasites attached to the head of a deep-sea fish. These crustaceans, visible in a video shared by the Schmidt Ocean Institute, feed on their host's bodily fluids. The ...

An underwater volcano near Tonga revealed how sediment spreads, disrupts marine life, and raises questions about deep-sea ...

With so little known about this isolated part of the deep sea, every slimy copepod and wriggly fish becomes a clue into how biodiversity changes across underwater borders.

Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with ...

When we think of the ocean, what often comes to mind are familiar sights– coral reefs, fishing boats, and waves breaking along the shore. But just a few hundred metres below the surface, the ...

With the backing of the US government, a Canadian company is poised to sidestep UN laws and start vacuuming what it deems battery-grade metals from international waters.

Scientists on a research expedition in the Southern Ocean captured the first footage of a living Gonatus antarcticus squid. The colorful, three-foot squid species was only known to scientists ...

The roughly 12-foot-long oarfish — a serpent-like fish commonly found at sea depths of more than 600 feet — was found near La Jolla Cove on August 10.

A team of science-minded kayakers and snorkelers in La Jolla Cove had the encounter of a lifetime when a dead oarfish washed to the ocean surface on Aug. 10, 2024. This deep-sea fish is incredibly ...