Scientists have discovered a giant snail species living at a depth of around 6km in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, marking ...

Equipped with a small porthole and digital camera, the Shinkai 6500 sank to depths of more than 19,000 feet when it approached a shelf of volcanic rock, according to a study published July 24 in the ...

In the depths of Earth's briny waters lurk some truly strange deep-sea creatures Rare and remarkable deep-sea creatures ...

Bathylepeta wadatsumi was inspired by an anime character and was discovered with the DSV Shinkai 6500, a crewed submersible, to observe specimens in their natural habitat.

Bathylepeta wadatsumi, a deep-sea limpet, was observed by researchers from the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and ...

World Deep-sea creature — with ‘glass’ shell — discovered as new species off Japan. See it By Irene Wright Updated February 17, 2025 2:32 PM ...

The U.S. push to mine international waters for metals defies global efforts to control and protect these fragile ecosystems.

World Deep-sea creature — with ‘glass’ shell — discovered as new species off Japan. See it By Irene Wright Updated February 17, 2025 2:32 PM ...

‘Deep-sea’ creature — with ‘fragile’ shell — found off China coast. It’s a new species By Irene Wright June 07, 2024 8:55 AM ...

Similar deep-sea volcanoes found on Earth support microbial life that lives inside solid rock without sunlight and oxygen. Some of these microbes, called thermophiles, live at temperatures hot enough ...