The ocean depths remain one of the last unexplored frontiers of our planet, where every scientific dive can reveal ...

Light is a primary driver of visual evolution in shrimp, according to new FIU research published this week in Nature Communications Biology. The deep sea is a dark place, with the only light coming ...

In a remarkable encounter filmed at more than 3,700 feet below the surface of the Indian Ocean, a deep-sea creature ...

Artist Cat Ward's "Deep Dive" art installation at the Tybee Island Marine Science Center features sculptures and bioluminescent-inspired paintings of sea creatures. The exhibit is inspired by Ward's ...

From shallow reefs to pitch-black depths, the ocean is alive with sparkling lights. Fish, squid, clams and plankton have found a wide range of ways to glow, shimmer and flash, lighting up the dark ...

Deep-sea creatures often look like they stepped off a sci-fi set, with wild shapes, glowing body parts, and features that ...

Bioluminescence, Widder believes, is the most common, and most eloquent, language on earth, and it’s informing fields from biomedicine to modern warfare to deep-sea exploration. Most recently, on a ...

Sea creatures have adapted to help them thrive in extreme environments. Unusual features allow them to live thousands of feet below the surface. Underwater robots give researchers a glimpse at some of ...

What has needle-like teeth so large they don’t fit inside its mouth, a huge gaping jaw that completely engulfs its prey, and lives in the depths of the ocean where sunlight can’t reach? That would be ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The colors and light of the deep sea are on full display in these ...