The ROV Global Explorer reaches bottom at around 9:01 am, nearly 3.5 kilometers deep in the Gulf of Mexico. The 1.5-ton machine flies nimbly through a shallow valley before rising up and over a peak....

So, you’ve decided you want to become a marine biologist? Well, grab your snorkel, strap on your flippers, and prepare for a wild ride through the salty depths of academia! But fair warning: if...

It really isn't my goal to turn DSN into a conspiracy blog, but then I wasn't expecting someone to claim to have found Amelia Earhart's airplane. In case you live under a rock...Amelia Earhart, the...

As I sit at my computer, not even a month into the new year, four new species of sponges from underwater volcanoes, three new species of gastrointestinal parasites (nematodes) from hydrothermal vent...

An expedition led by UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography has revealed World War II military weaponry scattered across the seafloor in extensive dumping sites off the coast of Los...

In 2022, The Ocean Exploration Trust retrieved a megalodon tooth from a never-before-explored seamount in the Pacific Ocean, discovered at a depth of over 10,000 feet (3090 m). This significant...

In the vast realm of gastropods, there exists a group often overshadowed and sometimes even ignored: the parasites. These creatures, which I've enthusiastically delved into in my previous research,...

If corals in cold water is your thing, then you will be delighted to hear to Cold-Water Coral Reefs of the World is now available. It's yours for the low price of $169. Hopefully you can get instit...

Earlier this year [2023], the [Norway] government suggested opening more than 280,000 square kilometers of the country's territorial waters to deep-sea mining. The plan has the broad backing of the...

The deep sea host a remarkably high diversity of life, a realm teeming with an astonishing array of species with a vast set of adaptations that allow them to survive in this inhospitable environment....