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

Researchers have discovered a new species of glowing sea slug deep in the ocean’s midnight zone. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) scientists said in a press release on Tuesday ...

They're tiny, blobby, butt-shaped, and glow in the dark. What the heck are they? Scientists are still figuring them out.

Beneath the Pacific Ocean southeast of Hawaii, a hidden treasure trove of polymetallic nodules can be found scattered across ...

Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it feels like another planet—where creatures glow and life survives under crushing pressure.

Finding Love in the Deep Sea The deep sea, also known as the bathypelagic — or midnight — zone, is Earth’s largest habitat. With no sunlight, frigid temperatures (39 degrees Fahrenheit), extreme ...

The ocean holds many bizarre deep-sea monsters ... Down here, we enter the midnight zone, where no natural light can reach. You might also pass Tiburonia granrojo, or 'Big Red', one of the ...