The ocean is home to a vast array of different animals, each with its own traits. These include different forms of mating, ...

Beds of Bathymodiolus mussels provide important habitat for other deep-sea critters, including sea stars, scaleworms and limpets. NOAA Ocean Exploration. The deep sea is the large ...

Scientists have discovered a new species of squat lobster living on a deep-sea mountain in the southeastern Arabian Sea. The ...

For many years, the deep ocean has been seen as a nutrient-poor environment where microbes living in the water survive on ...

More than a million giant skate eggs are discovered incubating in the heat of an underwater Pacific Ocean volcano.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jim Dobson is a full-time luxury travel writer based in Italy. A new deep-sea habitat project has been launched by ocean ...

Japanese scientists confirm a new marine coral species, Corallizoanthus aureus, that glows in the dark and inhabits deep caves in the ocean.

If you go down to the deep sea today you could be in for a big surprise. From dancing disco worms to majestic phantom jellyfish, the deep sea is full of wonders. For a group of researchers in Japan, ...

A dome-fronted submersible sinks beneath the waves off Indonesia, heading down nearly 1,000 meters in search of new species, plastic-eating microbes and compounds that could one day make medicines.

A newly discovered deep-sea creature has become an unlikely Internet star. After appearing in a popular YouTube video, a rare ...