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…
This week: lots of deep-sea mining news including our new blog post on the 30th session of the ISA, plus a new issue of Deep-Sea Life! CLICK FOR YOUR DEEP-SEA ROUND-UP – 3 April…
DOSI has actively participated in sessions at the International Seabed Authority (ISA), Kingston, Jamaica for over 10 years and the first part of the 30th session (March 3-28, 2025) was no exception. The…
This Mola mola, or ocean sunfish, was imaged offshore North Carolina during the Windows to the Deep 2018 expedition at a depth of 336 m. Image courtesy of NOAA Ocean Exploration. This week: deep-sea…
In this 24th edition of Deep-Sea Life we’re once again spoiled with all the exciting deep-sea activities that our community is doing around the world. Fresh from featuring at the 17th Deep-Sea Biology…