Deep beneath the ocean’s surface lies a world so strange that some of its inhabitants look more like creatures from a science fiction movie than animals living here on Earth. With no sunlight, ...

How do deep-sea creatures avoid getting crushed by the water pressure? Unlike animals living on land or in shallower water, ...

In 2025, scientists reported that a deep-sea mining experiment conducted in the Pacific Ocean more than four decades earlier ...

During a recent expedition aboard the research vessel David Packard, MBARI scientists encountered a rarely seen barreleye ...

Little is known about the long-term effects of deep-sea mining on the organic matter that supports life on the seafloor.

When considering which deep-sea creature has the biggest teeth, the answer depends on what you mean by “biggest!” The fangtooth Anoplogaster cornuta has the biggest teeth of any ocean animal compared ...

Whether they are land creatures or creatures in shallow parts of the ocean, if you trace their food source, you will eventually arrive at plants or phytoplankton. This is because organic matter create ...

An incredibly rare deep-sea fish with an eerie transparent head was documented on a recent research mission done by the ...

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, ...

Thousands of meters below the ocean's surface lurk some gigantic creatures, much larger than their shallow-water brethren. Scientists have a few hunches for why this happens, but the debate continues.

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...