For over a century, the colossal squid has been one of the deep sea’s most slippery enigmas. Known mostly through bits and ...

These deep-sea oases are just some of many areas of the ... The researchers also spotted this recently identified “mystery mollusk” (Bathydevius caudactylus) swimming far from its known ...

The mystery mollusks are hermaphrodites ... allowing us to study the luminous behavior of deep-sea animals in their natural habitat.” Bioluminescence isn’t commonly found in other sea slugs ...

The blobfish, often mocked for its unique appearance, has been named New Zealand's Fish of the Year after a dedicated ...

In this study, the team analyzed the genomes of 77 mollusk species that are representative of eight major groups from around ...

Make sure to go check out the 'Life in the Dark' exhibition at the Natural History Museum for more deep sea facts, on until - 24 February 2019 ...

The Mollusca collection is one of the most comprehensive and significant in the world ... the Duke of Calonne and material from Captain James Cook’s voyages to the South and North Pacific. Deep-sea ...

sea creatures have made the most of their rubber visitor. Bivalve mollusks known as Delectopecten randolphi cling to the tire in the Minami-Shiribeshi Knoll, at about 9,800 feet deep. The second ...

While operating the deep-sea robot nearly 7,000 feet below the ... then when they find soft-bodied prey like sponges or molluscs, the animal “thrusts its straw-like proboscis into the animal ...