This sea pen (Pennatulacea) was imaged at around 1,519 m depth. The white dots are highly modified polyps, often without tentacles, called siphonozooids that funnel water through the organism. Image courtesy of the NOAA Office…

A Brisingid, a type of deep-sea starfish, perches on a ledge among many brittle stars (ophiuroids) at a site east of Saunders Island, observed while exploring the deep-sea of the South Sandwich Islands. Image courtesy of ROV…

An exciting Research Symposium was held at the Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, a fortnight ago, exploring the ‘volcanic lost world’ of the Lord Howe Rise and South Tasman Sea. Co-organised by DOSI…

This vibrant yellow glass sponge (Bolosoma sp.) was observed at a depth of 2,479 m while exploring Sibelius Seamount. Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Deep-Sea Symphony: Exploring the Musicians…

This beautiful coral garden was observed by ROV SuBastian during the first dive of the recent Schmidt Ocean Institute, Ocean Census and GoSouth expedition to the South Sandwich Islands. Image courtesy of ROV SuBastian…

Here you can see the sea star Calliaster sp. feeding on bamboo coral. Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Deep-Sea Symphony: Exploring the Musicians Seamounts. This week: new research on unique faunal…

This is the first confirmed live observation of the colossal squid, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, in its natural habitat. 100 years after its first discovery, the team on Schmidt Ocean Institute‘s RV Falkor (too) captured footage of the 30-centimeter-long baby…

Gastroptychus squat lobster on a gorgonian octocoral from around 1,000 m in the Hidalgo Basin. Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Gulf of Mexico 2018.  This week: climate-smart MPAs and…