Brittlestars, sea anemones and a catshark among new-to-science species collected during expedition off the Queensland coast ...

A 35-day deepwater research voyage in the Coral Sea has yielded more than 110 new fish and invertebrate species — a figure ...

Scientists found 110+ new deep-sea species in the Coral Sea-and the total could exceed 200.

The Scripps Institution of Oceanography Benthic Invertebrate Collection (SIO-BIC) is an active research repository housing 92,000+ lots, representing 1,000,000+ specimens and 9,000+ species from ...

Accelerating global change continues to threaten Earth’s vast biodiversity, including in the oceans, which remain largely unexplored. To date, only a small fraction of an estimated two million total ...

Or a fish with a rat-like tail, a plump nose and a big spine rising above its dorsal fin — a creature so otherworldly it’s ...

The high seas have been colonized by a surprising number of coastal marine invertebrate species, which can now survive and reproduce in the open ocean, contributing strongly to the floating community ...

Scientists found more than 110 deep sea fish and invertebrate species previously unknown to science in Australia’s Coral Sea, between 200 metres and 3 kilometres deep. The 35 day voyage ran aboard the ...

The deep ocean off southern California has historically been a dumping ground for the pesticide DDT and other industrial wastes. Scripps Institution of Oceanography and collaborators are investigating ...