Named for its hairy pincers that resemble the legendary abominable snowman, the yeti crab was discovered near deep-sea hydrothermal vents. These crustaceans farm bacteria on their “hairy” arms, which ...

Biodiversity is depleted and large furrows still lie in the seabed where deep-sea mining equipment operated more than 40 years ago, in findings that suggest it will take the deep sea multiple ...

A research team led by Sam Purkis, a professor and chair of the Department of Marine Geosciences at the University of Miami, used remotely operated submersibles and deep-sea probes to explore the ...

"Deep-sea discovery calls into question the origins of life," the Scottish Association for Marine Science said in a press release to accompany the publication of the research. Environmentalists ...

When Hans Hartman, a civil engineer, attempted to film the ocean depths in 1917, he pioneered what would become the first deep-sea ROV, or remotely operated vehicle. During an era of silent movies ...

new video loaded: Deep-Sea Oarfish Is Spotted on Mexican Beach A rarely seen oarfish appeared in shallow water in Baja California Sur, Mexico, on Feb. 9, surprising beachgoers. The deep-sea ...

Many otherworldly deep-sea creatures, though, are so beautiful and mysterious that you won't believe they exist. Even in the shallow, many creatures are both eerie and splendid with amazing skills, ...

Something unusual is happening in the oceans. Strange deep-sea creatures are surfacing, and marine life is behaving unpredictably. From the rare sighting of the so-called “doomsday fish” to ...

A 5.1-magnitude earthquake, deemed 'unusual' by scientists, struck India's eastern coast. The epicenter was 91 kilometers deep beneath the Bay of Bengal, causing tremors in Odisha, West Bengal ...

"To date, records have mostly consisted of larvae, dead adults, or specimens spotted by submarines during deep-sea scientific expeditions," Condrik Tenerife wrote online, underscoring how rare ...

A black seadevil anglerfish has captured − and broken − hearts across the globe after the small deep-sea creature swam to the surface in Spain's Canary Islands just before dying. A TikTok user ...

The Black Seadevil anglerfish lurks thousands of feet below the ocean’s surface, known for its haunting appearance and bioluminescent lure. In 2024, one was spotted near Spain’s Canary Islands ...