These odd-looking creatures survive in some of the most inhospitable regions on earth. Deep sea cameras capture rare, ...

A recent deep-sea expedition by the National Geographic Pristine Seas team has cast a spotlight on the previously ...

A carnivorous "death-ball" sponge has been declared one of the oddest finds made during a deep-sea expedition near Antarctica. The unusual creature was discovered 2.2 miles (3.5km) deep in a trench ...

A standout discovery was this new predatory sponge. Its spherical form is covered in tiny hooks that trap prey.

In the inky depths of the Central Pacific Ocean, nearly 2,400 meters below the surface, scientists have discovered a new ...

Learn about the new deep-sea species discovered in the Southern Ocean, including a "death-ball" sponge that uses a deadly ...

In the darkness of the deep ocean, where pressure crushes and light fails, an expedition has found an astonishing array of ...

The recently announced discoveries were made on a 2022 deep-sea expedition off Western Australia’s Gascoyne coast ...

The second expedition took researchers to the Southern Ocean’s Bellingshausen Sea, off West Antarctica. The team was the ...

Through its expeditions, we have seen another groundbreaking species discovery that benefits the world’s scientists ... who is also a world-leading expert in deep-sea corals and senior lecturer at ...

The Marianna Trench is the deepest area of the ocean, and therefore one of the most mysterious underwater regions in the world. The Mariana Trench Environment and Ecology Research expedition (MEER) ...

Deep beneath the ocean, scientists uncovered thriving microbial life in one of Earth’s harshest environments—an area with a ...