In this paper, a novel laser scanning system for deep sea in-situ measurement was developed. Firstly, the main components of the prototype were introduced separately. Then, the performance of the ...

In the deepest depths of Earth’s ocean, mysterious creatures lurk that could come straight out of a sci-fi movie! Watch this ...

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

A groundbreaking study of 7,000-year-old exposed coral reef fossils reveals how human fishing has transformed Caribbean reef ...

Although it may sound like a disaster movie, this is a scene from newly released rare footage of bottom trawling —a particularly destructive method of fishing in which a ship drags a heavy iron ...

In two separate incidents this week, rare deep-sea oarfish — nicknamed “doomsday fish" — have washed up on beaches in Tamil Nadu, India, and Tasmania, stirring ancient legends and online ...

Since the deep-sea ecosystem likely plays such a key role in keeping methane away from Earth’s atmosphere, Goffredi said one day, the same type of microbes found on the Sericosura spiders could ...

Light from the sun doesn’t reach the deep-sea ecosystem where the newly described Sericosura spider species make their home. To survive in this dark environment, microbes evolved to use chemicals — ...