In a new study, published in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science, the scientists found that three species of deep-sea shark are ... flaunted their blue-green glow for the researchers, and ...

Researchers have discovered a new species of glowing sea slug deep in the ocean’s midnight zone. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) scientists said in a press release on Tuesday ...

Like jellyfish, fungi, sea worms, and fireflies, some species of sea cucumbers glow in the ... thousands of feet deep. Most closely related to sea urchins, sea stars (aka starfish), sea lilies ...

This ridge consists of 110 seamounts - underwater mountains that are particularly rich in sea life. This area supports distinct ecosystems such as glass sponge gardens and deep coral reefs as ...

This fish, called a loosejaw, attracts its prey using red and blue glowing lights near its ... These leggy red starfish prove deep sea life can be full of color. Not all animals at the bottom ...

A new study reveals that the phenomenon in deep reefs in which corals display glowing colors ... about 40 meters deep in the sea, where the fluorescent traps (both green and orange) attracted ...

Monterey Bay researchers have discovered a remarkable new species of sea slug that lives in the deep sea. The glowing nudibranch swims through the ocean’s midnight zone with a large gelatinous hood ...

Bathydevius is a swimming sea slug that glows with bioluminescence and has a body with a paddle-like tail and a large gelatinous hood, and it’s the first sea slug found to live in the deep ocean.

Scientists discovered a new deep-sea species while exploring off the ... and one was found off the coast of Western Australia. The starfish have a flat, star-shaped body with five elongated ...