Deep down, two kilometers (or 1,2 miles) below the surface, lies the bathypelagic zone—better known as the "midnight ... deep-sea puzzle, helping scientists better understand how creatures ...

Researchers have discovered a new species of glowing sea slug deep in the ocean’s midnight zone. Monterey Bay Aquarium ... "mystery mollusk" because the creature was unlike any other that ...

Researchers have filmed a living Antarctic gonate squid in a world-first sighting deep in the ocean surrounding Antarctica.

caudactylus is a nudibranch, a group of animals commonly known as sea slugs. This particular nudibranch is the first known to live in the deep water column—the ocean’s midnight zone—between ...

Illustration of a sea pig. The creature is pink with 10 legs and ... of otherworldly creatures that live in the twilight and midnight zones of the ocean down to depths of 14,800 feet (4,500 ...

2014 MBARI The first sighting of this sea slug—also ... it glow in the dark of the midnight zone. Initially, researchers struggled to identify which family of animals the mollusk belonged ...

which is why it’s critical to be able to learn more about the animals living in the midnight zone, the study authors said. “Deep-sea animals capture the imagination. These are our neighbors ...

But this creature might not resemble ... a vast region of the lightless sea called the midnight zone (this zone accounts for some 70 percent of seawater on Earth but is largely unexplored).

Companies are preparing to move forward with seabed mining, but a method for gathering critical minerals from the seafloor ...

Researchers have discovered an unlikely new species within the ocean's midnight zone: a glowing "mystery mollusk." Skip to main content You have permission to edit this article. Edit Close ...