This octopus can brood its eggs for nearly four years without eating. Here’s how this biological extreme has reshaped how ...

Scientists found worms living inside a glass sponge castle - and that's just one of 38 new species.

Two new worm species were found living inside a real underwater "glass castle." ...

Somewhere in the North Atlantic, more than a kilometer beneath its surface, a cold-water coral reef stretches across an ...

The deep ocean is home to the largest ecosystem on Earth, but we’ve only explored a tiny portion of it. Despite the enormity of our seas, new species are discovered all the time thanks to ...

They say just 0.001 percent of the deep ocean has been directly observed, representing a speck on our planet that’s just larger than Rhode Island. It’s hardly surprising, then, that when we do take a ...

Researchers uncovered hundreds of previously unknown deep-sea species, giving the scientific community a better idea of what ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The ocean is full of surprises, and scientists are still finding creatures that seem almost unreal. From tiny reef animals to ...

It’s not uncommon for newly discovered species to make the news, especially when they are found 5,500 meters underwater. What ...

A surprising mystery has been uncovered off the coastlines of Britain’s Caribbean territories. The first expedition revealed an underwater mountain range, a massive blue hole, and coral ...

The deep sea is a dark, cold place. It's just a few degrees above freezing, subject to immense pressure, and beyond the reach ...

Researchers aboard a deep-sea submarine spotted a new species on a volcanic ledge off the coast of Japan. Chen C, Tsuda M, Ishitani Y (2025) Zoosystematics and Evolution About 300 miles off the coast ...