Far below the ocean’s surface, where sunlight disappears and pressure reaches crushing levels, some of the planet’s strangest life forms thrive. These deep-sea creatures have evolved in total darkness ...

Like a scene out of a Jules Verne novel, scientists from Schmidt Ocean Institute recently encountered a giant phantom jelly ...

A mysterious group of deep-sea whales was just spotted near a remote archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean — for the first time in years. The marine creatures — Gervais’ beaked whales — were seen off the ...

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

When Ted Judah goes scuba diving off the coast in Monterey Bay, he normally swims at the surface to the area above the dive site and then descends. But on the morning of Dec. 30, the water was ...

Meet the “ghost fish,” a phantom of the abyss. Here’s how we found the first ever proof of its existence just a few years ago. The deep sea is a part of the world that very few humans get the chance ...

A seven-arm octopus was spotted in Monterey Bay in Nov. 6, 2025; the 'rarely seen' deep-sea octopus was spotted by researchers who've only seen it four times in nearly four decades.

The deep sea also harbours some of the most intriguing and alien-like species in existence, yet for several centuries, these ...

A group of “rarely seen” Gervais’ beaked whales was recently spotted near Madeira, a Portuguese archipelago, photos show. Screengrab from the Magic Dolphin ecotour agency A mysterious group of ...