Researchers discovered Endoxocrinus kexuei, a new crinoid species, in the South China Sea, living on cold seep habitats over 2,700 feet deep.

Dumbo octopuses live between 9,800 and 13,000 feet below the surface. These cute sea creatures only grow to about 8 inches tall, but the two fins on top of their heads make them stand out.

This deep-sea fish lives off the coast of Australia, at depths of around 4,000 feet below the ocean’s surface. At that depth, the pressure is immense — over 100 times stronger than the air ...

Hurricane Bud, shown here over Baja in 2018, extended across Mexico and left some surprising changes in its wake, UC Merced researchers found. Image courtesy of NOAA ...

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Which African countries could generate electricity from ocean currents? We’ve identified high energy areas in the waters off Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania and Madagascar. They have some of the most energy ...

Hurricanes create powerful changes deep in the ocean, study reveals. University of California - Merced. Journal Science Advances DOI 10.1126/sciadv.ado8335. Keywords / Life sciences ...

The Pacific Ocean’s seabed is rich in critical metals such as cobalt and nickel. Yet deep-sea mining of these materials, which are used in many technologies, threatens the region. If mining goes ...

Europa’s surface ice is constantly shifting, and strange compounds like CO 2 and salt point to activity from a deep ocean below. Credit: NASA/ESA/K. Retherford/SWRI. Webb telescope data, backed by lab ...

A new deep-sea octopus with a pancake-flat body and enormous eyes has been found off the coast of Australia. This tiny marine creature, now officially named Opisthoteuthis carnarvonensis – or the ...

Unusually warm sea temperatures in the North Atlantic have triggered a surge in octopus catches along the English Channel, benefiting fishermen in the short term. However, this boom is disrupting the ...