A carnivorous "death-ball" sponge has been declared one of the oddest finds made during a deep-sea expedition near Antarctica ...

These odd-looking creatures survive in some of the most inhospitable regions on earth. Deep sea cameras capture rare, ...

Chinese scientists have become the first to visit one of Earth’s most remote and geologically intriguing realms: an ...

In the darkness of the deep ocean, where pressure crushes and light fails, an expedition has found an astonishing array of ...

A recent deep-sea expedition by the National Geographic Pristine Seas team has cast a spotlight on the previously ...

A standout discovery was this new predatory sponge. Its spherical form is covered in tiny hooks that trap prey.

A deep-sea expedition to one of Earth's most remote island chains has surfaced stunning pictures of the vibrant ecosystems surrounding hydrothermal vents that scientists didn't even know were there.

The second expedition took researchers to the Southern Ocean’s Bellingshausen Sea, off West Antarctica. The team was the ...

Thousands of meters below the ocean’s surface, a camera attached to a remotely operated vehicle captured a ghostly white ...

An octopus hatchling emerges from a group of eggs at a new octopus nursery, first discovered by the same team in June, at Tengosed Seamount, off Costa Rica. automation Scientists have discovered at ...

The recently announced discoveries were made on a 2022 deep-sea expedition off Western Australia’s Gascoyne coast csiro.au Australian scientists discovered two new marine species: a tiny porcelain ...

Mr. Eldridge Johnson approached the Smithsonian Institution offering the use of his yacht Caroline, to be completely outfitted, at his own expense, with the most modern devices for oceanographic work.