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

Since its discovery in 1925, only eight adult specimens have been reported, severely limiting scientists’ ability to research ...

Scientists proved that the sea still holds some big mysteries after capturing footage of the colossal squid — the largest ...

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 ...

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

We work with academic colleagues, government funding agencies and industry to take part in deep-sea oceanographic research expeditions in the remotest regions of our planet. Our research is focused on ...

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 ...

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 ...