Dive in and meet some of the most stunning deep-sea animals that MBARI encountered in 2025. This year, our team spotted ultra-black fishes, sinuous siphonophores, curious crabs, spectacular sponges, ...

This work was supported by the Pulitzer Center. On July 22, 2024, a team of researchers released a shocking discovery: Deep-sea rocks appear to be producing oxygen in the blackness of the ocean’s ...

"Our results challenge the longstanding idea that rods and cones are two fixed, clearly separated cell types. Instead, we ...

A team of researchers documenting the deep sea off the coast of Argentina captured rare footage of a jellyfish “that can grow as long as a school bus,” and said they may have discovered dozens of new ...

Scientists have filmed a live colossal squid for the first time. This happened in March 2025 during an expedition in the South Atlantic Ocean. Previously, knowledge of this giant sea creature came ...

Dumbo octopuses, like the Opisthoteuthis agassizii seen here during a 2019 dive, are the deepest-living group of octopuses known. NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2019 Southeastern U.S.

(Saunderstown, RI — May 7, 2025) In a groundbreaking study published today in Science Advances, researchers from Ocean Discovery League reveal that only a minuscule fraction of the deep seafloor has ...

A rare giant phantom jellyfish spotted off Argentina’s coast has become one of the most striking discoveries from a new deep‑sea expedition. The sighting occurred during an Argentinian‑led mission ...

As the race to explore the world's oceans intensifies, scientists are turning to powerful new battery technologies to overcome one of deep-sea exploration's greatest challenges: how to keep underwater ...