Half a century after the world's first deep sea mining tests picked nodules from the seafloor off the US east coast, the damage has barely begun to heal.

Species such as the bioluminescent lanternfish, the mysterious giant squid and resilient deep-sea corals provide a glimpse into the diversity of life persisting in Canada’s deep oceans. But around the ...

On 7 June 2025, Ocean with David Attenborough will premiere on National Geographic at 9 PM ET/PT. The documentary will also be streaming online the next day. On 8 June, Ocean with David Attenborough ...

On the way down, the water is on fire with bioluminescence and abounds with ... In 2024, scientists discovered the world's largest deep-sea coral reef on the Blake Plateau: more than 83,000 ...

To survive the deep ocean, sea creatures need all kinds of adaptations that give them alien-like appearances, like huge eyes ...

These spiny or slimy ocean creatures display an astonishing diversity of appearances, behaviors and lifestyles—and many are ...

Sea creatures have ... Some swim in coral reefs, while others stay far from sunlight in the ocean's midnight zone. Only females possess the iconic, bioluminescent apparatus. Sometimes researchers ...

Humans have only explored a tiny percentage of the seafloor, so there's a good chance some of the strangest creatures or relics haven’t even been discovered. With that in mind, here’s a collection of ...

Scientists on board a deep-sea expedition to the South Sandwich Islands near Antarctica have returned with a treasure trove of photos of previously unseen marine life. They found coral gardens ...

An unusual new species of deep ... sea slug: Bathydevius caudactylus. Generally, most sea slugs “live on the seafloor” or in coastal habitats, such as “tide pools, kelp forests, and coral ...

Visitors will step into a much changed world Thursday at La Jolla’s Birch Aquarium, where a large and lively new exhibit ...