Apr 12, 2016 by News Staff

A team of marine scientists has captured a rare video of thousands of pelagic red crabs (Pleuroncodes planipes) swarming in hypoxic (low-oxygen) waters...

Dec 29, 2015 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new species of bioluminescent shark has been described from eight specimens collected off the Pacific coast of Central America at depths ranging between...

Oct 29, 2015 by News Staff

In November 2014, Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor discovered a seamount, or underwater mountain, 28,500 feet (8,700 m) on the ocean...

Feb 7, 2015 by News Staff

Cyclical variations in Earth’s tilt and orbit – occurring at 23,000-, 41,000- and 100,000-year intervals – are known to strongly influence...

Jan 21, 2015 by News Staff

Researchers plumbing the depths of the ocean have made a finding that could change the way we understand massive stellar explosions called supernovae. The...

Dec 16, 2014 by News Staff

A group of marine biologists headed by Dr Robert Vrijenhoek from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute has described five new species of deep water...

May 2, 2014 by News Staff

According to a team of biologists led by Dr Gregory Dick from the University of Michigan, at deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the western Pacific, previously...

Apr 21, 2014 by News Staff

Marine biologists have described a new species of beaked whale known only from seven specimens found stranded on tropical islands in the western and central...

Apr 15, 2014 by News Staff

Marine biologists from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) and three Canadian research organizations have described four new species of...

Feb 4, 2014 by News Staff

Marine biologists from the University of Costa Rica and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute have discovered a new coral species at a depth of about...

Sep 9, 2013 by Enrico de Lazaro

Oceanographers led by Dr William Sager from the University of Houston have discovered what they say is the biggest single volcano yet documented on our...