In the ocean’s twilight zone, which receives minimal amounts of sunlight, bioluminescent animals can hide their silhouette from predators lurking below by producing enough light to match their ...

According to Bruce Robison, a senior scientist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, it’s “the most comprehensive description of a deep-sea animal ever made.” The team published ...

An amazing creature that lives deep in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean was captured in time-lapse photographs ... They found the small endomyarian anemone is perhaps the most prevalent animal on the ...

Not only do directly mined areas become less habitable for ocean animals, but mining also creates a plume of sediment that can spread through the surrounding water. An investigation on the ...

The discovery raises new questions about deep-sea ecosystems. For instance, are there links between the types of animal life and microbes found within the hollows? “I also can’t help but ...

Once dubbed the world's ugliest animal for its soft ... While the blobfish is known for its misshapen silhouette, in its natural deep-sea habitat it actually resembles a regular fish, with ...