Here's how The investigation was carried out by the team around 8,250 feet (2,515 metres) beneath the sea across the eastern Pacific Ocean floor. “Our discovery shows us that animal life in the ...

These animals live in the water ... It scoots along the ocean floor, tentacles everywhere, its big round body going first and its big beady eyes on the lookout for danger. Big flat fish called ...

Giant isopods also have very large eyes in comparison to their body too,' explains Miranda. The isopods also have little hooked claws at the ends of their legs. These make the animal more stable on ...

Scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography descended thousands of meters where they likely discovered dozens of new animal species. Creatures flourish where methane gas seeps into the ocean ...

Whale carcasses take decades to fully decompose and can provide food for an entire ecosystem on the dark depths of the ocean floor. Dr Adrian Glover, a Museum expert in deep-sea biodiversity, sheds ...

Dark oxygen is being created on the ocean floor, scientists have discovered – and it could change our understanding of how humans and animals evolved. It was traditionally thought that only ...

Their carnivorous diet consists of dead animals that have fallen to the ocean floor, but evidence suggests that they also feast on slow-moving animals like sponges.