When the crew aboard an ocean science expedition learned that an iceberg the size of Chicago had broken off from an Antarctic ...

A riotous photography collection from a recent underwater mission off the coast of Chile shows new and fascinating deep-sea ...

A newly published report highlights the range of socio-cultural benefits people experience from the coast and sea, helping to ...

A calving iceberg exposed a region that never before had been seen by human eyes, revealing a vibrant, thriving ecosystem ...

Researchers were in a remote region of the Bellingshausen Sea on a different expedition when the iceberg calved, giving them a chance to change course and explore a region never before accessible to ...

At around 3,300 meters (2 miles) below the surface of the ocean off the coast of Alaska, where the warm light of the Sun ...

A species of sea sponge found in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean has evolved to have a creative survival strategy. The sea sponge is called Theonella conica, and like all other sponges, it filters ...

A large sponge and a group of anemones were ... ROV SuBastian/Schmidt Ocean Institute While most deep-sea ecosystems depend on nutrients that slowly drift down from the surface, these ecosystems ...

A large sponge, a cluster of anemones ... Photograph by ROV SuBastian / Schmidt Ocean Institute Normally, deep-sea ecosystems get their nutrients from the sea surface, which sprinkle down toward ...

Using Schmidt Ocean Institute’s remotely operated vehicle ... The experts discovered an unexpectedly rich ecosystem that was ...