Far below the ocean’s surface, where sunlight disappears and pressure reaches crushing levels, some of the planet’s strangest life forms thrive. These deep-sea creatures have evolved in total darkness ...

Almost three-quarters of the planet remains a mystery. Although more than 70% of the Earth is covered in water, few people have truly explored it. Most swimmers stay close to shore. Snorkelers dip in ...

Hardly anyone has ventured into the ocean’s deepest, darkest realms, an otherworldly place where new discoveries continue to emerge. Down in these uncharted waters live creatures so unusual they seem ...

Deep in the ocean’s depths, where sunlight barely reaches, lives a remarkable creature nicknamed the “headless chicken monster.” Scientifically known as Enypniastes eximia, this translucent sea ...

These creatures look like they’ve come straight out of a nightmare. Humans have explored much of the land, but the ocean depths remain largely unknown. What we do know, however, is that some of the ...

About 90 percent of species found in the Clarion Clipperton Zone have never been identified, yet they may be at risk from mining for minerals such as cobalt and nickel. This sea urchin, found in the ...

The Maka Niu, a low-cost, customizable deep-sea observing tool is currently undergoing testing around the world, including at the New England Aquarium in Boston, Massachusetts. Vanessa Kahn, New ...

Researchers recently discovered an "incredible number" of potential new marine species, as well as a handful of hefty new seamounts while exploring the deep sea off the coast of Chile. When you ...

A brooding mother octopus shelters her eggs behind two different types of corals. The image was made by pilots using a robot to explore the north wall of the Mar Del Plata submarine canyon in ...

NHMAIN copy has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Gift of Alan R. Kabat. Fewer people have been to the deepest part of the ocean than have been to the moon. Even now, the vast majority of ...

Indigenous and Western scientists are working together to uncover biodiversity in the icy deep. They’re getting some eight-armed help. An Pacific warty octopus mom fights off multiple crabs to protect ...