Anglerfish is a species about which little is known. But, after a deceased one washed up on a West Coast beach, fascination ...

Why might the U.S. be interested in deep-sea mining, and what are the environmental risks? Here's what you need to know.

The colossal squid, the world’s largest squid species, was caught on video for the first time swimming in its natural habitat, according to a California ocean research organization. This squid ...

Researchers were trawling the seafloor aboard icebreaker ship RSV Nuyina when they started bringing up a large variety of nightmarish deep-sea organisms. The ship is on a 60-day voyage across the ...

Most of what’s known about the deep-sea painted swellshark, was learned when researchers found specimens in the fish markets of Bali and Lombok, Indonesia back in the early 2000s. However ...

The stunning 4K video film, captured in the deep sea by California's Schmidt Ocean Institute, shows the rare creature's transparent body and eight pink tentacles. Colossal squid can grow up to ...

Scientists say they've captured the first footage of a living colossal squid in the deep sea. The colossal squid is the world's largest invertebrate, but the one in this video is a baby.

First discovered a century ago, the colossal squid had never been filmed alive before The deep sea creature is so mysterious that scientists had no clue they’d captured it on video until days ...

A ghostly, transparent deep-sea squid suddenly appeared on the screen. The video turned out to be a first-of-its-kind sighting. A team of scientists set out on the research ship Falkor (too ...

Scientists from Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and the National Center for Wildlife (NCW) have reported the discovery of an unusual ecosystem beneath the ...

Deep-sea mining is the process of extracting metals ... Mining could cause harm to wildlife—including species we don’t currently know about. “Most of them are still undescribed, and so ...