An international team looks back 12 million years for clues about the formation of these vast areas where no life can survive A satellite image of the Northern Gulf of Mexico, where 'dead zones' can ...

“Only recently have cameras become capable of filming bioluminescence in high-resolution and in full color,” Haddock added.

Scientists have made a discovery in the depths of the Pacific Ocean, unveiling a mysterious glowing sea slug that has baffled ...

The extreme depth of the midnight zone has posed a challenge ... this new technology into the deep ocean, allowing us to study the luminous behavior of deep-sea animals in their natural habitat.” ...

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 ...

The midnight zone is cold and dark and very forbidding ... and it's the first sea slug found to live in the deep ocean. Typically, sea slugs live on the seafloor or in coastal environments like ...

MBARI researchers have discovered a remarkable new species of sea slug that lives in the deep sea. Bathydevius caudactylus swims through the ocean's midnight zone with a large gelatinous hood and ...