deepsea

Scientists have photographed a never-before-seen deep-sea worm species that moves just like a "living magic carpet."

Researchers on board the NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer have captured gorgeous footage of what is known as a glass squid. While this creature isn't rare, close-up views of it like this truly highlight its beauty.

A giant oarfish, also known as an "earthquake" fish, was filmed by divers in shallow waters off the coast of Taiwan. The elongated fish is usually found 3,000 feet below water.

The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) has been working for a decade to develop what it describes as next generation LiDAR tech that it plans to use to create extremely detailed maps of the sea floor.

An international team of scientists has discovered three new underwater hydrothermal vents over a 434-mile-long stretch of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge that showcases a fascinating "city" that is teeming with life.

Researchers from the University of Western Australia (UWA) and scientists from Japan have recorded a fish swimming at a depth of more than eight kilometers (about five miles), setting a record for the deepest fish ever caught on camera.

Footage filmed in 1986 of the Titanic lying at the bottom of the ocean has been released to the public for the first time.

These photos show newly discovered deep-sea creatures living in the far reaches of the Indian Ocean close to underwater volcanos.

Scientists have recently trapped and photographed a giant deep-sea isopod -- a giant, underwater cousin of the pillbug -- off the coast of Mexico and after studying it closely, realized that it was an entirely new species.

Dragonfish are a species of deep-sea predator and while there are many types of dragonfish, this particular bronze-colored species is incredibly rare.

Scientists from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute have captured stunning footage of a new species of deep-sea jellyfish.

The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) has published a 10-minute long relaxing video of 29 different species of jellyfish, from tiny delicate drifters to giant deep-sea behemoths.

Photographer Brett Stanley collaborated with a commercial diver and a "professional mermaid" to create a fantasy scene shot 20 feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean.

The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) uses deep-sea remote-operated vehicles (ROVs) to capture footage of some of the strangest, weirdest creatures that exist in the deep sea.

If it seemed like the footage of deep-sea creatures has been more spectacular lately, that is because it is. The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) recently updated its deep-sea camera to capture 4K footage at incredible depths.

As part of a 2021 North Atlantic Stepping Stones expedition, what is called a potentially "unknown" or "undescribed" red jellyfish in the genus Poralia was captured on camera. The disk-shaped red jellyfish was found floating nearly 2,300 feet below the surface.

Here's an under-the-sea wildlife photo that may be of particular interest if you're a fan of the hit animated TV series SpongeBob SquarePants. A research vessel has captured SpongeBob and Patrick look-alikes at the bottom of the ocean.

A strange-looking recently-discovered deep-sea squid species called the Asperoteuthis mangoldae squid has been captured on camera for the first time ever. The footage and the scientists' reactions are in the 2.5-minute video above.

Researchers onboard the Exploration Vessel (E/V) Nautilus recently captured rare images of a jellyfish that looks like exploding fireworks when it's illuminated.

Ultra-high sensitivity cameras like the 4 Million ISO Canon ME20F-SH are making it possible to record things never before possible, like these bioluminescent bamboo corals pulsating with light 1,245 feet below the surface of the ocean.