A riotous photography collection from a recent underwater mission off the coast of Chile shows new and fascinating deep-sea ...

Researchers from the University of Aukland got a chance sighting of an octopus hitching a ride on the back of a shark, which ...

Here's how The investigation was carried out by the team around 8,250 feet (2,515 metres) beneath the sea across the eastern Pacific Ocean floor. “Our discovery shows us that animal life in the ...

This sea creature may have just experienced the "ugly duckling" glowup of the fish world. Once dubbed the "world's ugliest ...

The isopods also have little hooked claws at the ends of their legs. These make the animal more stable on the ocean floor. But are you a deep-sea enthusiast? Explore the inky depths in our expert-led, ...

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These animals live in the water ... It scoots along the ocean floor, tentacles everywhere, its big round body going first and its big beady eyes on the lookout for danger. Big flat fish called ...

Whale carcasses take decades to fully decompose and can provide food for an entire ecosystem on the dark depths of the ocean floor. Dr Adrian Glover, a Museum expert in deep-sea biodiversity, sheds ...

Soft-bodied animals, large enough to be seen by the ... are sedimentary rocks deposited extensively on the ocean floor over hundreds of millions of years. Their alternating rust- and gray-colored ...