The ocean covers more than 70% of our planet’s surface, yet we’ve explored less than 20% of it. That staggering gap between what exists and what we know has produced some of the most breathtaking ...

Scientists have only explored a fraction of Earth's ocean, mainly because some areas, like submarine canyons or steep-sided deep valleys, are logistically challenging to explore. Despite that, they ...

Marine animals living in the cold, dark depths of the ocean are interconnected across the world by a hidden "superhighway", a groundbreaking new study suggests. The research, published in the journal ...

A mischievous sea cucumber and 56 other newly discovered marine species are making a splash in the South Atlantic Ocean. The ...

Scientists have announced a new genus of deep-sea segmented marine "spaghetti worms" with suction cups on their bodies, ...

Deep-sea scientists discovers 57 new species, including one they compare to "SpongeBob" character Patrick Star.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Graneledone octopus, a suspected new species, moves across the seafloor during a deep-sea ocean expedition off the coast of ...

For all of humanity’s ventures to outer space, we’ve yet to see 99.999% of the deep-sea floor. In the latest subaquatic news, researchers discovered some 4,000 marine species, 88% of which were new ...

Giant sea spiders found nearly 5,000 metres below the ocean surface off southeastern Australia glow blue when stimulated.

Dive into the movement of the spindly brittle star, which is more mobile, and more connected, in the deep sea. Deep-sea brittle stars are always on the move. That’s what a new study seems to suggest, ...

In "Deep Blue Contact," there is fun to be had even after returning from an exploration. It is the time to open the observation records you brought back and watch the footage of the creatures you ...

Green eyes visible deep within a transparent head. Fangs protruding from the mouth. Eyes of different sizes on the left and right. When looking at photos of deep-sea creatures, even though we know ...