Researchers measured the world's largest 'dead zone' in the Arabian Sea. It's the size of Florida. Dead zones are areas of the ocean with low oxygen that can no longer support marine life.

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 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.” ...

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 ...

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 ...

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