A bumpy snailfish, Andean mouse opossum and ancient sea cow were just some of the many species described in 2025.

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A transparent goby fish drifted through the darkness, its skeleton visible through paper-thin skin. Nearby, a sea slug wore ...

Scientists have long assumed the deep-sea Alicella gigantea was an uncommon survivor of the abyss.

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Researchers retrieved reef monitoring devices that had been placed in deep coral reefs in Guam. The devices were placed up to 330 feet below the surface.

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Far below the Pacific, a volcano long written off as geologically dead has turned out to be both active and teeming with life ...

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An ocean-mining company has funded some of the most comprehensive scientific studies of the deep seabed to date, and peer-reviewed results have begun to emerge. A collage of foraminifera, a kind of ...

Beneath the ocean's surface lies a world of perpetual darkness, home to some of Earth's most bizarre and fascinating creatures. These deep-sea inhabitants have evolved extraordinary adaptations to ...