A recent Schmidt Ocean Institute expedition off the coast of Uruguay discovered at least 30 suspected new species and ...

When most of us picture the ocean, we imagine turquoise waves, colorful reefs, and shoals of darting fish. But that’s only the surface. Venture deeper, far below the last reach of sunlight, and you ...

A sample of ocean crust, turned upside down, reveals tubeworms and other organisms. Mónika Naranjo-Shepherd / Schmidt Ocean Institute CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 In summer 2023, researchers deployed a ...

In July and August scientists onboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor (too) spotted the oddities through the eyes of an underwater robot as they explored the Mar del Plata Canyon.

WASHINGTON, Oct 17 (Reuters) - A deep-diving robot that chiseled into the rocky Pacific seabed at a spot where two of the immense plates comprising Earth's outer shell meet has unearthed a previously ...

Light is a primary driver of visual evolution in shrimp, according to new FIU research published this week in Nature Communications Biology. The deep sea is a dark place, with the only light coming ...

From worms with squid-like tentacles to fish with teeth on their tongues, here are some of the most alien-looking creatures in the deep ocean. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

Scientists have discovered at least four new species of octopus in the deep waters of a 100-square-mile area near Costa Rica, officials from the Schmidt Ocean Institute said on Tuesday. An ...

Thousands of meters below the ocean's surface lurk some gigantic creatures, much larger than their shallow-water brethren. Scientists have a few hunches for why this happens, but the debate continues.

This zone contains a vast amount of marine life, potentially over 90% of all ocean life, and supports important commercial and recreational fisheries. Creatures in the twilight zone help mitigate ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. The bottom of the ocean is cold, dark, and under extreme pressure. It is not a place suited to the physiology of us surface dwellers: At ...