Squid collected during the Exploring Pelagic Biodiversity of the Gulf of Alaska and the Impact of Its Seamounts expedition. Credit: Allen Collins, NOAA Fisheries National Systematic Laboratory and Smithsonian National Museum of Natural…
A Bathocyroe comb jelly (ctnetophore) captured during an ROV dive on Seamount JF2, part of the Juan Fernández Ridge, about 530 km off the coast of Chile. Image credit: Schmidt Ocean Institute. This week:…
A Graneledone octopus, a suspected new species, moves across the seafloor during a deep-sea ocean expedition off the coast of Trinidad and Tobago. Image credit: Schmidt Ocean Institute. This week: a review of…
An Iridogorgia coral photographed at 1,303 m deep while exploring the geology of the oceanic core complex features at the Kane Fracture Zone at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Image courtesy of ROV SuBastian /…
This Casper octopus was seen at a depth of over 4,100 m during the Deep-Sea Habitats of the Cook Islands expedition on the Exploration Vessel Nautilus. Image courtesy of Ocean Exploration Trust. This…
Rocky surfaces offer a hard surface for sessile, or immobile, animals like corals and sponges to cling to. Argentinian scientists and ROV SuBastian pilots observed this seafloor community at 931 m while exploring Argentina’s…
A black-and-white blob fish seen resting on the soft sediment in Middleton Canyon during the Seascape Alaska 5 expedition. Image credit: NOAA Ocean Exploration, Seascape Alaska. This week: the impact of climate interventions on marine…
A lithoid crab rests upon a glass sponge in this stunning shot taken during the 2023 Shakedown + EXPRESS West Coast Exploration expedition at a depth of 830 m. Image courtesy of the NOAA…