New 'hairy' coral species is named after Chewbacca, the Star Wars character, after the discovery in the tropical western Pacific.

The bumpy snailfish is one of three newly identified deep-sea snailfish species described by MBARI collaborators at SUNY ...

Scientists have identified the bumpy snailfish and two other new deep-sea species, discovered during MBARI dives in Monterey ...

Rising sea temperatures have impacted the spread of marine life in ways not previously understood, a surprising new study published in the journal Animals has revealed. Researchers involved in the ...

As Florida's nesting season draws to a close, sea turtles have broken records both with the number of nests built and hatchlings.

The Titanic lies about 12,500 feet under the ocean. The pressure down there is so immense that even submersibles supposedly built for those conditions can, as we know, tragically fail. Now imagine ...

Bigelow Laboratory Senior Reserach Scientist John Burns, who is leading the team that just received a significant award to advance new technology for ocean discovery, fixes a device on the deep-sea ...

The deep sea is sometimes viewed as a barren wasteland. However, a recent discovery, the production of ‘dark oxygen’, is ...