Scientists are revolutionizing how new marine species are described through the Ocean Species Discoveries initiative. Using advanced lab techniques, researchers recently unveiled 14 new species from ...

Deep sea mining has disastrous consequences for marine life, many of which are still unknown to oceanographers.

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

Meet the Atlantic wolffish, green humphead parrotfish, and other unusual species with extraordinary adaptations.

Scientists from Australia and Japan studying three trenches find ‘organisms have adapted strategies to filter things out of ...

Notable sightings along the way included the discovery of an extensive crinoid meadow at a depth of 9,100 meters (29,855 feet ...

A recent Schmidt Ocean Institute expedition off the coast of Uruguay discovered at least 30 suspected new species and explored a sunken warship. By Popular Science Team Published Oct 4, 2025 10:00 AM ...

In the past few years, people have become more and more interested in marine life– and it’s easy to see why. The ocean is ...

Scientists found iron-fueled microbial life thriving deep beneath the Red Sea at Hatiba Mons, revealing a vast, metal-driven ...

Scientists are speeding up the naming of deep-sea species before they vanish, using new tools to uncover life from below the ...

ABC's Story Lab team has created an interactive tool to help Australians better understand the ancient history of our ...

A recent marine expedition found fascinating new species in the deep Pacific, highlighting how little is still known about life beneath the ocean.