deep sea

The first evidence of biologically produced elemental carbon inspires more questions than answers.  

The Scientist spoke with Chapman University’s Yu Zeng about his lab’s finding that the slime-producing cells of the slippery marine fish vary with the creature’s size, which may be an adaptation to thwart different predators.

Researchers say they have discovered a novel species of comb jelly using video footage, but they couldn’t recover a physical specimen. Is that enough?

In most vertebrates, the absence of adaptive immunity would be catastrophic, but in some deep-sea angler fish species, it enables their “wild” and “wacky” mating habits.

The unusual cephalopod was spotted on a recent underwater research expedition.

See a close-up of the deep-sea dragonfish’s transparent teeth.

The silver spinyfin has an extraordinary diversity of rod photopigments, which researchers propose may allow it to see color in the deep, dark sea.

Newly discovered and rather phallic-looking clams dwell at the bottom of the ocean and are some of only a few animals known to eat wood.  

Lanternfish evolution provides unique insights into how deep-sea species might respond to commercial fishing.

Meet Cindy Van Dover, a deepsea explorer and the first female to pilot Alvin, the submersible that has ferried researchers into some of the ocean's deepest depths.

A study of 13 starfish species reveals that even animals that live at depths where sunlight doesn’t reach have functioning eyes.

Scientists are taking a close look at fish skeletons for inspiration to solve engineering problems. 

Scientists have discovered a new type of eye cell in a deep-sea fish species.