Inside deep-sea coral in the Pacific, an iridescent creature waits in ambush. Zhou Y, Zhang R, Shen C, Mao Q, Zhang M, Zhang D (2025) ZooKeys The underwater mountains of the northwest Pacific are ...
Photograper Julio A. Díaz. The new discoveries will increase the ecological importance of the Mallorca channel seamounts and the littoral caves, providing compelling arguments for the Spanish ...
The Venus flower basket sponge, with its delicate glass-like lattice outer skeleton, has long intrigued researchers seeking to explain how this fragile-seeming creature’s body can withstand the harsh ...
Major deep-sea find: CSIRO scientists documented over 110 new species from the Coral Sea Marine Park during a 35-day expedition, with potential totals above 200. Uncharted habitats: The survey ...
Researchers are not even halfway through analyzing the thousands of samples collected from the Southern Ocean, but they've already discovered 30 new deep-sea creatures. Reading time 2 minutes The deep ...
Camouflage on display: Diver footage shows decorator crabs attaching sponges, algae, and seaweed to blend into their surroundings, a survival tactic against predators. New species boom: Scientists ...
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