"Everyone in the control room let out a loud 'Oooooh!' at the same time. We were all enchanted," a researcher said.

A researcher said: "Australia's deep-sea environment is larger in size than the mainland, and until now, almost nothing was known about life [there]. We're really excited about the discoveries that we ...

Formerly known as the 'mystery mollusk,' this glow-in-the-dark nudibranch is the first of its kind to be seen living in the ...

FREE! This strange beast crawled out of the ocean onto a United Kingdom beach at the Rye Harbour Nature Reserve. Video below.

The strange creature is see-through ... but another may have been spotted in the Mariana Trench in the Western Pacific. "Deep-sea animals capture the imagination," Robison said.

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

Bathydevius caudactylus swimming through the deep sea. Credit: Robison et al, Oceanographic Research Papers/DOI 10.1016/j.dsr.2024.104414 When scientists spotted a strange, hooded creature in the ...

Residents in the town of Dumanjug in Southwestern Cebu discovered the unusual carcass of an unidentified 'sea creature' along ...

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When scientists spotted a strange, hooded creature in the ... the species highlights the importance of using and iterating on deep-sea research technology. MBARI is reportedly one of few ...

These deep-sea dwellers have evolved in extreme conditions ... wide enough to swallow prey much larger than itself. This strange creature uses its light-producing tail to attract prey, striking ...