Traces of organisms detected in sediments from 7.5 kilometers below the ocean surface reveal how organisms living in the deep sea are engineering their own environments. Analyses of sediment cores ...

Organisms in the deep sea rely on gravity flows to lay down sediment and then make burrows beneath the seafloor, according to a new study.

Rare deep-sea ‘doomsday fish’ washes up on Canary Islands coast - The oarfish – regarded as a harbinger of doom – was ...

By studying elephant seals' hunting patterns, scientists have discovered a new way to monitor deep-sea fish populations.

In a rare and astonishing event in February 2025, a deep-sea anglerfish—known as the black seadevil—was filmed near the ocean ...

Northern elephant seals may hold the key to unlocking the secrets of the open ocean's twilight zone (~200 – 1,000 meters deep). According to a new ...

The scary-looking fish is usually to be found more than a mile below the surface, where little to no light penetrates.

Jara and his team were able to swim alongside and capture this rare sighting of the black seadevil, a species that usually inhabits the inky depths of the ocean ...