Whenever I take my family on a trip to a new state, we always try to visit the local aquarium, and I bet a lot of other ...

Known to only live in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, the Solumbellula appeared in the Pacific for the first time to ...

While different types of the species had been seen in the Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean, 2022 marked the first time the sea creatures were ever spotted in the Pacific.

In the depths of Earth's briny waters lurk some truly strange deep-sea creatures Rare and remarkable deep-sea creatures ...

Today in Nature Ecology & Evolution, a group of researchers reveals the cause of sea star wasting disease (SSWD). This discovery comes more than a decade after the start of the marine epidemic that ...

Scientists identified bacteria causing sea star wasting disease that killed billions along Pacific coast ecosystems.

You may have read that the deep sea is a very different environment from the land and shallow water. There is no light, it is ...

Sea stars may look like they're cuddling, but these underwater gatherings serve surprising survival and reproductive purposes ...

Gathering minerals such as nickel, cobalt, manganese and lithium from the seabed could affect everything from sponges to ...

Now, it’s official: Marshall and her colleagues have identified a new species called Mobula yarae, or the Atlantic manta ray.

By tracking the DNA “barcodes” of sea creatures, researchers have found species previously unknown to science.

The Schmidt Ocean Institute’s ship was equipped with the ROV SuBastian, a deep-sea remotely operated vehicle used to explore the seamounts of the Pacific Ocean. During a 2024 voyage, ROV SuBastian was ...