Traces of organisms detected in sediments from 7.5 kilometers below the ocean surface reveal how organisms living in the deep sea are engineering their own environments. Analyses of sediment cores ...

Organisms in the deep sea rely on gravity flows to lay down sediment and then make burrows beneath the seafloor, according to a new study.

As the rumor goes, an oceanic area off the Western coast of Mexico is a "Jacuzzi of Despair," a pool of oceanic water that kills anything that enters it. A January 2025 Reddit pos ...

Light is a primary driver of visual evolution in shrimp, according to new FIU research published this week in Nature ...

Scientists found deep-sea shrimp evolved special vision to detect bioluminescent light and navigate their world.

This is only the second time the species has been recorded while alive. “I thought it was A.I.,” says fish biologist Kory Evans.

Dr. Luis Buatois (Ph.D.) traces a series of hexagons with his finger, following the path carved by tiny organisms millions of ...

Wildlife rangers will begin shooting 90 dolphins stranded on a remote Australian beach, saying the stressed creatures would ...

These rare deep-sea fish have a horrifying appearance with large mouths and lots of teeth to catch prey in the deep ocean.

Despite making up more than 70% of the Earth's surface, seas and oceans are largely unknown to science. It is estimated that we do not know even half of what happens in the aquatic ...

A scary-looking creature with “devil” in its name was spotted close to the surface off Tenerife, a Spanish island.

One would think that a volcano was not the most hospitable place for living organisms. However, the Borealis Mud Volcano, at ...