"Everyone in the control room let out a loud 'Oooooh!' at the same time. We were all enchanted," a researcher said.

Researchers were baffled by a bioluminescent mollusk that lives in the deep ocean. They just discovered it's a new species of ...

Chinese scientists have found abiotic organic compounds in the ocean crust, shedding light on deep-sea carbon cycles and life ...

An ocean expedition to a dynamic marine realm off the little-explored Chilean coast — with seeps and vents emitting nutrients ...

R esearchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) have unveiled a new species of sea slug, Bathydevius ...

An unusual sea slug with a large hood, a tail with fingerlike projections and glowing bioluminescence has been found living ...

Oxygen, the molecule that supports intelligent life as we know it, is largely made by plants. Whether underwater or on land, ...

MBARI researchers have discovered a remarkable new species of sea slug that lives in the deep sea. Bathydevius caudactylus ...

Last week, Scripps Institution of Oceanography PhD candidate Alison Laferriere found the deceased 9.5-foot specimen at ...

While most sea slugs use a rough tongue to feed on prey attached to the seafloor, B. caudactylus uses a cavernous hood to ...