Deep-sea fish larvae reveal hybrid photoreceptors that blend rods and cones, challenging traditional vision models and ...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - For more than a century, biology textbooks have stated that vision among vertebrates - people included - is built from two clearly defined cell types: ...

The deep sea is cold, dark and under immense pressure. Yet life has found a way to prevail there, in the form of some of Earth’s strangest creatures. Since deep-sea critters have adapted to near ...

Some deep-sea fish may be able to see light in a different way from most other vertebrates, according to a new study. The ...

A newly discovered deep-sea creature has become an unlikely Internet star. After appearing in a popular YouTube video, a rare ...

The Senckenberg Ocean Species Alliance (SOSA), in partnership with the scientific publisher Pensoft Publishers and science ...

(CNN) — Marine researchers exploring extreme depths say they have discovered an astonishing deep-sea ecosystem of chemosynthetic life that’s fueled by gases escaping from fractures in the ocean bed.

Its presence could make a minuscule fish downright jelly. Scientists were awestruck after discovering a schoolbus-sized ...

For many years, the deep ocean has been seen as a nutrient-poor environment where microbes living in the water survive on ...

Follow biologists, including UT marine biologist Brett Baker, as they explore the deep sea, where 70% of our planet lies hidden. Before and after the film, Baker and team will lead a livestream tour ...