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…
ROV Deep Discoverer inspects a large face of a solitary dike seen during the Papahānaumokuākea ROV and Mapping expedition. Towering nearly 15 meters high, the wall was also home to a diverse array of large…
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…