By Liz Kimbrough A transparent goby fish drifted through the darkness, its skeleton visible through paper-thin skin. Nearby, ...

Almost one decade of recorded data retrieved from deep coral reef dives reveals some of the first evidence of that climate ...

For deep reef divers, descending into the ocean’s mesophotic layer can feel like exploring the moon. Discovering never-before-seen marine species is part of the mission.

Scientists have uncovered why big predators like sharks spend so much time in the ocean’s twilight zone. The answer lies with ...

Scientific divers have navigated a series of treacherous dives more than 330 feet deep in an attempt to unravel the mysteries of deep ocean reefs. They’re finding new species — and evidence of both cl ...

A cnidarian is attached to a dead sponge stalk on a manganese nodule in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. Diva Amon and Craig Smith, University of Hawaii at Mānoa Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it ...

Giant amphipod species Alicella gigantea, once thought to be very rare, is found to inhabit the majority of Earth's deep ...

Deep-sea mining is threatening vital marine life in the ocean’s “twilight zone,” reveals new research. The findings raise "urgent concerns" about long-lasting effects if large-scale commercial mining ...

Cephalopods—the class of animals that comprises octopuses and squids—are ubiquitous throughout the ocean, including in the deep sea. However, researchers still don't know very much about the ...

Deep-sea mining trials revealed significant but localized biodiversity loss in one of the planet’s least explored ecosystems.

Ecologists say there is still a lot unknown about the CCZ. It's the size of the continental U.S., more than 10,000 feet deep and its recently become the center point in the debate over what's the best ...

Scattered across an abyssal plain known as the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) are polymetallic nodules that are a potato-sized ...