A recent marine expedition found fascinating new species in the deep Pacific, highlighting how little is still known about life beneath the ocean.

The aquariums said its aerial survey team spotted three True's beaked whales, a species "rarely seen at the surface," while above the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument off the ...

Researchers are not even halfway through analyzing the thousands of samples collected from the Southern Ocean, but they've ...

A recent underwater expedition has revealed a thriving network of creatures at the bottom of deep-sea ocean trenches. These extreme environments, with crushing pressure, scant food, and no sunlight, ...

Some of the world’s most fascinating creatures live underwater. And unlike the more mainstream animals under the sea — seahorses, sharks, and even deep sea anglerfish — one cool member of the aquatic ...

Beyond the sunlight, in the depths of the ocean, lies a world stranger than fiction. These photos of deep sea creatures will ...

Using an underwater robot launched from the research vessel Nautilus, an underwater volcano in American Samoa was explored. Ocean Exploration Trust Off the coast of American Samoa, an active ...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Transparent-faced fish drift through dusky waters. Snowlike flecks of dead plants sift down from the world above. Soft sponges peek through the soot of the seafloor.

To someday allow scientists to stay underwater conducting research for days on end, the UK-based company DEEP has designed ...

Thousands of feet below the surface of the Indian Ocean, a reddish sea creature with “massive eyes” used its “long” arms to move through the water. Something approached the deep-sea animals, caught it ...

Scientists have discovered that microplastics are binding to marine snow particles, according to a study published in Water ...