Twenty-four species of deep-sea crustacean, all previously unknown to science, have been formally described from the Clarion-Clipperton Zone in the Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and Mexico. Among them ...

Discover the fascinating world of deep sea creatures that look almost unreal. From glowing anglerfish and transparent ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Far below the ocean's surface, where sunlight can't reach, some of the most unusual creatures on Earth thrive in complete darkness ...

New research shows why some shelly critters flourished in the ocean’s harshest habitats — and others didn’t Jack Tamisiea Beds of Bathymodiolus mussels provide important habitat for other deep-sea ...

Zebra mussels, an aquatic invader from Eurasia, continue their continental spread after arriving in North America. These tiny ...

Researchers from Australia’s national science agency have identified two previously unknown marine species — a minuscule porcelain crab and a bioluminescent lantern shark — discovered off the Gascoyne ...

Living nearly 900 meters underwater, this isopod evolved unusual adaptations to thrive in the world’s most food-scarce ...

The deep sea is a distinctive environment, distinguished from surface waters by darkness, cold and immense pressures. Global data reveal how much more connected deep-sea life is than life in the ...

You may have read that the deep sea is a very different environment from the land and shallow water. There is no light, it is very cold, and the pressure of all the water above is immense. Plants ...

A new study led by researchers at the University of Hawaii (UH) at Mānoa published in Nature Communications is the first of its kind to show that waste discharged from deep-sea mining operations in ...

Scientists have discovered that deep-sea mining plumes can strip vital nutrition from the ocean’s twilight zone, replacing natural food with nutrient-poor sediment. The resulting “junk food” effect ...