Hundreds of feet below the surface of the ocean, a submersible robot explored an underwater mountain off the coast of Japan. A “flower”-like sea creature caught the attention of scientists watching ...

Lanice spongicola lives on a glass sponge, a deep-sea sponge with a skeleton made of silica, that rises from hard rock. The ...

In the deep sea, there are places where chemicals and nutrients seep out of the sediment and into the water. These chemosynthetics-based ecosystems were discovered in 1977, and in the decades since, ...

Researchers aboard a deep-sea submarine spotted a new species on a volcanic ledge off the coast of Japan. Chen C, Tsuda M, Ishitani Y (2025) Zoosystematics and Evolution About 300 miles off the coast ...

Scientists off Japan found a deep-sea creature with 18 “dark yellow eggs” and discovered a new species, a study said. Getty Images/iStockphoto Thousands of feet down off the coast of Japan swam a pink ...

Scientists found a sea creature with “prickles” on its “eyeball skin” off the coast of Japan and discovered a new species, a study said. Getty Images/iStockphoto Thousands of feet down in the East ...

Around the deep-sea vents off the southern coast of Japan, a small, “glass”-like creature was discovered. Getty Images/iStockphoto Off the coast of Japan, thousands of feet below the surface, the ...

The vast array of organisms in the deep sea remains a mystery to humans. Now, marine biologists can add one more puzzle to the list. A collection of odd materials was discovered nearly four miles ...

In the deep sea, there are places where chemicals and nutrients seep out of the sediment and into the water. These chemosynthetics-based ecosystems were discovered in 1977, and in the decades since, ...