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,…

Several crabs were seen feeding near a cluster of Vesicomyidae clams during the fourth dive of the Seascape Alaska 3 expedition. Image courtesy of NOAA Ocean Exploration, Seascape Alaska.  This week: Check out DOSI’s…

This tiny octopus (Muusoctopus sp.) was seen nestled into a hole around an old sponge stalk covered in hydroids, anemones, and other associated fauna at a depth of 1,462 m. Image courtesy of NOAA Ocean…