Mud dragons (kinorhynchs) are tiny marine invertebrates (100 micrometers to 1 mm) essential to marine ecosystem function.
During the dive in 2022, one marine biologist from New Zealand's National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) and two IDSSE submersible pilots explored the Scholl Deep, the deepest ...
The Wallace Line divides species in Southeast Asia. A deep ocean trench prevents animal migration. Even flying birds rarely ...
However, the Borealis Mud Volcano, at 400 m water depth, acts as a sanctuary for a number of marine ... of lipstick vine completely new to science, from the depths of the Philippine rainforest.
A first-of-its-kind global assessment has revealed 603 wild animals plus five livestock taxa that do more than just inhabit ...
Analysis of fossilized rocks known as stromatolites from more than 2.5 billion years ago has provided new insights into the ...
New scans of the bottom of the Japan Trench reveal extensive burrow structures and evidence of regular "reset" events that ...
Traces of organisms detected in sediments from 7.5 kilometers below the ocean surface reveal how organisms living in the deep sea are engineering their own environments. Analyses of sediment cores ...
Scientists outline the urgency to better identify the significant damage sand extraction across the world heaps upon marine biodiversity.
The Portuguese man o’ war’s reputation as one of the world’s most feared jellyfish is a complete myth – because it isn’t a ...
Investing in ocean research, infrastructure, and the ocean studies workforce is needed to understand how a changing ocean ...