A research expedition off the coast of Brazil has documented more than 30 new deep-sea species, from translucent worms to bioluminescent jellyfish, using shipboard imaging tools that allowed ...

Twenty-four species of deep-sea crustaceans that had never been documented before have been formally described from the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, a vast stretch of the central Pacific Ocean floor where ...

Using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) with a camera attached in a total of 12 dives, the team was able to explore the ocean floor to depths up to 20,000 feet, deeper than if they had used human ...

For all of humanity’s ventures to outer space, we’ve yet to see 99.999% of the deep-sea floor. In the latest subaquatic news, researchers discovered some 4,000 marine species, 88% of which were new ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The ocean is full of surprises, and scientists are still finding creatures that seem almost unreal. From tiny reef animals to ...

Researchers are not even halfway through analyzing the thousands of samples collected from the Southern Ocean, but they've already discovered 30 new deep-sea creatures. Reading time 2 minutes The deep ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...

In a remarkable deep-sea breakthrough, researchers have discovered 24 new species of amphipods in the Pacific’s Clarion-Clipperton Zone—including a rare, entirely new superfamily. The findings reveal ...