A new study on deep-sea biodiversity revealed over 500 new species — and it couldn't have come at a more critical time.

The first shark ever documented in Antarctic waters was captured on camera at 1,600 feet deep in near-freezing temperatures. Associated Press/Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Centre Associated ...

With fiscal year 2026 funding holding at $80 million for Sea Grant and $14 million for Sea Grant Aquaculture, and with new ...

The footage was captured by a camera operated by the Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Centre, which studies life in some of the deepest, least-visited parts of the ocean. The camera was positioned near ...

When people think of the most venomous animal in the world, they often imagine snakes, jellyfish, or scorpions, but the true answer is a small marine mollusk known as the cone snail. Despite its ...

What started out as an underwater, late-night adventure for marine biology students became a dive they would never forget ...

Two local bivalves — meaning “two shells” and referring to mollusks like oysters and clams — have developed contagious cancers: the eastern soft-shell clam, which is non-native and arrived from the ...

New research shows that maintaining and adopting proposed marine protected areas (MPAs) in the Southern Ocean could almost ...

Corals living in coastal bays with strongly fluctuating temperatures and environmental conditions are better able to withstand heat and other stressors than their counterparts on more stable reefs.

When Brazilian researcher Dr Maria 'Duda' Santos went scuba diving in Okinawa, Japan, she was surprised. Everywhere she looked, she saw species that were totally different to the marine life back home ...

Research for the study — with Maria “Duda” Santos at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology ToBo Lab and University of the Ryukyus at the helm — began with a moment of ...

Big-eyed fish, white squat lobsters and curious-looking brittle stars are all living among the wrecked ship, new study ...