The expedition also revealed a new species of armoured and iridescent scale worms, called Eulagisca sp. nov., as well as ...

There's always a lot going on in the deep ocean, but anyone who had “carnivorous 'death-ball' sponge” on their bingo card for ...

The search for a famed polar exploration shipwreck led researchers to discover geometric patterns created by fish on the ...

A newly discovered enzyme motif reveals how ocean microbes are evolving to digest plastic, potentially aiding future cleanup ...

Two tiny new species, a porcelain crab and a lantern shark, were discovered during a 2022 deep-sea expedition off Western Australia’s Gascoyne coast in the Gascoyne Marine Park, recent research confir ...

A new bacterium found in Hawaiian seawater shows land microbes can reach the ocean through hidden groundwater flow.

A large white coral reef containing important species and fossil traces has been found in a rare discovery. The reef, which ...

Scientists discover a new marine sponge, Cladocroce pansinii, in a cave in Ha Long Bay, revealing hidden secrets of ...

Scientists have discovered two new spooky sea creatures living hundreds of metres under the ocean. Find out more here.

Scientists have discovered 30 new deep-sea species in the Southern Ocean, including the ominously nicknamed “death-ball” ...