Scientists have identified several new marine species in a pristine underwater ecosystem recently discovered in international waters -- and they expect to find more. Modern technology that allows ...

One major concern is how these technologies will affect deep-sea ecosystems. Yasuhara continues, "Deep sea covers over 40% of our planet's surface, and its ecosystem is known to be highly vulnerable.

And that diversity offers scientists a puzzle. An octopus rests on the seafloor 3,700 feet deep in the Bellingshausen Sea off Antarctica. The ecosystem is the site of several underwater gullies.

Scientists have discovered a “thriving ecosystem” of strange deep sea creatures on a newly exposed seafloor after an iceberg broke off near the Antarctic. The area, which had never before been ...

Deep sea researchers have discovered a whole new ecosystem underneath hydrothermal vents in the ocean floor. Hydrothermal vents have long been an ecologically exciting environment for researchers ...

More than 400 bird species have been found at the sea, and 46 of those have some level of state or federal protection. They are at risk today because of the sea’s collapsing food web, but they ...

A new collaborative NOAA Fisheries study looked at northern Bering Sea zooplankton over 17 years (2002–2018) of both cold conditions and unprecedented heat. The research revealed that loss of ...

When talking about California’s largest lake, a smaller Salton Sea still means an enormous body of water. Saving the Salton Sea ecosystem is about reducing its salinity, not increasing its volume.

Rare metals on deep sea and ocean floors miles below the surface produce "dark oxygen," and mining these minerals could cause potentially harmful changes to the marine ecosystem, according to new ...

Using genetic data from the genomes of anglerfishes, the researchers showed how complex features — such as sexual parasitism — assisted some anglerfish groups in transitioning from roaming shallow ...

In 2019, that number reached 41,000. As sea turtle numbers have swelled once again, a byproduct of that rebound is the restoration of dune ecosystems.

Scientists have identified several new marine species in a pristine underwater ecosystem recently discovered in international waters -- and they expect to find more. Modern technology that allows ...