The finds were made during a 2022 deep-sea expedition off Western Australia’s Gascoyne coast in the Gascoyne Marine Park Researchers say the discoveries reveal how little is known about deep-sea life ...

New research has found that deep-sea mining in international waters could threaten at least 30 species of sharks, rays and chimaeras — many of which are already at risk of extinction. Chondrichthyes, ...

Most of what’s known about the deep-sea painted swellshark, was learned when researchers found specimens in the fish markets of Bali and Lombok, Indonesia back in the early 2000s. However, a recent ...

The rush to mine the deep ocean is no longer a distant possibility. It’s here, thanks to global demand for minerals like cobalt and nickel rising, meaning governments and corporations are eyeing the ...

Researchers have described a new species of deep-sea lanternshark and crab, both with the help of specimens collected from a CSIRO-led 2022 voyage of CSIRO research vessel (RV) Investigator. Called ...

Scientists have captured the first footage of an elusive deep sea shark inhabiting the waters near Southeast Asia’s Timor-Leste. Cephaloscyllium pictum, or the painted swellshark, was first discovered ...

The Pygmy Shark (Euprotomicrus bispinatus), the world’s second smallest shark species and one of the species with a high overlap with proposed deep sea mining. The habitat of thirty species of sharks, ...

The recently announced discoveries were made on a 2022 deep-sea expedition off Western Australia’s Gascoyne coast csiro.au Australian scientists discovered two new marine species: a tiny porcelain ...

A new study indicates that deep-sea mining could threaten at least 30 species of sharks, rays and chimaeras, many of which are already at risk of extinction. The authors found that seabed sediment ...

Researchers from Australia’s national science agency have identified two previously unknown marine species — a minuscule porcelain crab and a bioluminescent lantern shark — discovered off the Gascoyne ...