While many shark species inhabit the ocean’s upper waters, some prefer its colder depths, with a few species growing to ...

The deep seas have long captured human imagination, with their eerie, dark depths and mysterious creatures. However, what we once imagined as mythical sea monsters, such as the Kraken or giant sea ...

For over a century, the Antarctic gonate squid (Gonatus antarcticus) had remained one of the most elusive and mysterious ...

Gathering minerals such as nickel, cobalt, manganese and lithium from the seabed could affect everything from sponges to ...

In the first quantitative analysis of deep-sea bioluminescence, researchers show that three quarters of the animals in Monterey Bay from the surface down to 4,000 meters deep can produce their own ...

Marine biodiversity: Enormous variety of animal life in the deep sea revealed. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2021 / 04 / 210427110659.htm ...

Deep sea ecosystems are some of the most mysterious and unexplored regions of the Earth that reside more than 650 feet below sea level while reaching depths of 36,000 feet. They are characterized by ...

However, in 2023, deep-sea explorer Matthew Mulrennan captured video footage that may depict a live baby colossal squid in the Southern Ocean, hundreds of miles off the coast of Argentina.

Some deep-sea animals take an opportunistic, "have-a-go" approach to mating. Mating in squids involves the male passing a spearlike packet of sperm down a groove in one of their arms to stick on ...

In new research published in Current Biology on Thursday, scientists looked at 16 species of deep sea animals that can absorb more than 99.5 percent of visible light directed at them, making them ...

Then, the creatures of the deep sea began dazzling the crew with a striking display of bioluminescent lights, emitting signals to one another as they encountered this new strange object in their ...