Scientists discover underwater mountain ranges, golden towers of coral, and never-before-seen sea creatures.

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 ...

As Dr Michelle Taylor took a moment to breathe in the icy Antarctic air, a stark realisation sunk in. The nearest humans, aside from her immediate colleagues, were hundreds of miles away on the ...

Picture this: vast underwater mountains hiding creatures that seem ripped from science fiction, animals that create their own light shows in eternal darkness, and ecosystems thriving under pressures ...

What appeared to be tentacles washed up on an Aberdeenshire beach are the remains of a deep-sea creature called a seven-arm octopus, say experts. A local member of the public spotted the arms with ...

For all of humanity’s ventures to outer space, we’ve yet to see 99.999% of the deep-sea floor. In the latest subaquatic news, researchers discovered some 4,000 marine species, 88% of which were new ...

Marine animals living in the cold, dark depths of the ocean are interconnected across the world by a hidden “superhighway”, a groundbreaking new study suggests. The research, published in the journal ...

Researchers at MBARI, the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, have been exploring this hidden world for years. Using advanced technology and deep-sea robots, they’ve captured some of the most ...

The ocean is still one of the biggest mysteries on Earth, and the deeper you go, the stranger it gets. Far below the surface, where sunlight can’t reach, lives a world full of creatures that look more ...