A branch of bamboo coral with an amphipod and an anemone on top of it. Image courtesy of NOAA Ocean Exploration, Seascape Alaska. This week: Newly discovered snailfish, hydrothermal vent observatories, and a new book…
This Hymenaster slime star was collected during the Papahānaumokuākea ROV and Mapping expedition at a depth of 4,354 m and likely represents a previously undescribed species. Image courtesy of NOAA Ocean Exploration, 2025 Beyond the Blue. This week:…
Periphylla jellyfish observed at 902 m by NOAA Ocean Exploration during the Papahānaumokuākea ROV and Mapping expedition. Image courtesy of NOAA Ocean Exploration, 2025 Beyond the Blue. This week: A new Policy Brief and Information Sheet from…
A crustacean from the Antarcturidae family seen perched on a sea pen during an expedition to the South Sandwich Islands. Members of the Antarcturidae are benthic isopods adapted to cold environments. Image courtesy…
Red cusk-eels (Genypterus chilensus), a commercially important fish highly valued in Chile, swim around a tubeworm mound near a methane seep during the Exploring Deep-Sea Methane Seeps Along the Chile Margin expedition. The importance of chemosynthetic ecosystems…
Basket stars, a type of ophiuroid, are abundant on seamounts and rocky outcroppings. Researchers recorded this Gorgonocephalus basket star at 673 m during a dive on a bank west of South Georgia. Can you spot…
Carnivorous sponges (Cladorhiza bathycrinoides) cover a boulder observed on the seafloor during the Seascape Alaska 3 expedition at a depth of 2,800 m. Upon closer inspection, it appeared that several of the sponges…
A beautiful red jellyfish (genus Poralia) taken using the remotely operated vehicle Deep Discoverer. Image courtesy of the Global Foundation for Ocean Exploration, 2023 Shakedown + EXPRESS West Coast Exploration. This week: New research on ecosystem changes,…