Beneath the glimmering blue waters of the Red Sea, a region steeped in legend and mystery ... Purkis shared, "Ordinarily, ...

This deep-sea animal surprised OceanX scientists when they spotted it on camera while investigating a shipwreck in the Red Sea. Video screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET It's cool enough to find a ...

The Red Sea possesses the highest known number of deep-sea brine pools. ... "Ordinarily, these animals bioturbate or churn up the seabed, disturbing the sediments that accumulate there," Purkis said.

The megafauna, or large animals, ... In other words, the Red Sea is a living lab, Rodrigue says. “It’s hot and salty all the way to the bottom.

"The Red Sea is a hotspot of biodiversity with many endemic animals that are found only in the Red Sea or the Gulf of Aden," Kleinhaus said. Sign up for the Live Science daily newsletter now.

Since 2022, sea urchins have been plagued by a scuticociliate, a single-celled pathogen that eats away at the animals’ soft tissue and makes their spines fall off.