The ocean is home to a vast array of different animals, each with its own traits. These include different forms of mating, ...

Beds of Bathymodiolus mussels provide important habitat for other deep-sea critters, including sea stars, scaleworms and limpets. NOAA Ocean Exploration. The deep sea is the large ...

Some deep-sea fish may be able to see light in a different way from most other vertebrates, according to a new study. The ...

When most of us picture the ocean, we imagine turquoise waves, colorful reefs, and shoals of darting fish. But that’s only the surface. Venture deeper, far below the last reach of sunlight, and you ...

The marine biologists of the Schmidt Ocean Institute are a busy bunch. Over the last few years, scientists aboard the ...

More than a million giant skate eggs are discovered incubating in the heat of an underwater Pacific Ocean volcano.

In July and August scientists onboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor (too) spotted the oddities through the eyes of an underwater robot as they explored the Mar del Plata Canyon.

Thousands of strangers on the internet just collectively named a deep-sea creature that lives on sunken wood at the bottom of ...

A newly discovered deep-sea creature has become an unlikely Internet star. After appearing in a popular YouTube video, a rare ...

Japanese scientists confirm a new marine coral species, Corallizoanthus aureus, that glows in the dark and inhabits deep caves in the ocean.

The yeti crab is a strange species because of its furry appearance. Read here to learn about why these crabs are furry!

We turn now to the ocean with NPR's Short Wave podcast. This story plays out in the midnight zone, which is 1,000 to 4,000 meters below the surface... (SOUNDBITE OF SUBMARINE MOVING) MA: ...Even ...