A spiralling golden octocoral (Iridogorgia) reaches out into the moving current to catch food from the cold waters of the deep ocean (~1,950 m). Image courtesy of Schmidt Ocean Institute. This week: A bumper…
It is with great sadness that we mourn the loss of Kristina Gjerde, who passed away on 26 December 2025. Kristina co-founded the Deep-Ocean Stewardship Initiative in 2013 and has been an integral…
Fireworks in the deep. This galaxy siphonophore was seen on descent to the Patton Escarpment at the edge of the continental shelf off California. Image courtesy of ROV SuBastian / Schmidt Ocean Institute. This…
White chimneys at the Champagne vent site, NW Eifuku volcano. Notice the bubbles in the upper left side of the image. Image courtesy of the Pacific Ring of Fire 2004 Expedition (NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration, Dr Bob…
A lithodid crab with barnacles growing on its shell, documented at a depth of 1,779 m in the Montevideo Canyon off Uruguay. Image courtesy of ROV SuBastian / Schmidt Ocean Institute. This week: Muddy…
Stalked crinoid on the caldera seafloor at West Rota volcano. Crinoids are suspension feeders, using their crown, which is covered with sticky pinnules, to capture zooplankton. Image courtesy of the Pacific Ring of Fire…
This vivid orange bamboo coral was documented at a depth of 2,415 m at the base of the Cabo Polonio submarine canyon off the coast of Uruguay. Image courtesy of ROV SuBastian / Schmidt Ocean…
This sprawling field of red Anthomastus mushroom coral was found 1,500 m deep in Argentina’s Mar del Plata submarine canyon. Image courtesy of ROV SuBastian / Schmidt Ocean Institute. This week: New research on the midwater impacts…