Look at it go! Whatever the shape the animals are - big or small, round or flat, fins or flippers - they're all at home under water. Take a trip under the sea and learn about turtles, octopuses ...

On a remote stretch of coastline in East Antarctica, a team of scientists is about to peer beneath the sea ice here for the first time. "Prior to our expedition, there had never been any marine ...

Giant tubeworms were discovered in a shallow subsurface cavity below deep-sea hydrothermal vents, using a remotely operated vehicle to chisel under rock. "Rapid colonization by these animals ...

TMAO (Trimethylamine Oxide) is a key compound that helps deep-sea creatures survive extreme depths. It stabilises proteins and enzymes, preventing them from collapsing under high pressure.

"To our knowledge, it is the first time that animal life has been discovered in the ocean crust," marine biologist Sabine Gollner of the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research said.