Commercial trawlers off the southern coast of India caught several unfamiliar-looking eels in January 2024 and gave the ...

Researchers said they named the new species after the Nansei Islands near the Okinawa Trough where it was first discovered ...

Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with ...

Eight legs, thousands of feet below... and one very unique discovery! Here's the story behind how certain sea spiders use ...

Endoxocrinus kexuei, or the Kexue crinoid, was named after the ocean vessel "Kexue" from the Chinese Academy of Science for ...

Scientists say they have discovered three previously unknown, unnamed species of sea spider off the U.S. West Coast that ...

Dumbo octopuses live between 9,800 and 13,000 feet below the surface. These cute sea creatures only grow to about 8 inches tall, but the two fins on top of their heads make them stand out. They ...

The research offers new insights on interactions between creatures on the mysterious seafloor and sheds light on the methane ...

This previously unknown symbiotic relationship helps keep methane—a major greenhouse gas—trapped in the ocean.

A recently published study explores the relationship between sea spiders and bacteria. Discover more and meet one of the ...

According to the National Academy of Science the 3 new species use methane, with the help of bacteria, to get energy.