The specimens were the bycatch of a fishing vessel in the South China Sea, which researchers later bought to study.

Their residence attracts shrimp, fish and many other creatures. These deep-sea oases are just some of many areas of the ocean floor that scientists are only beginning to explore, discovering new ...

In the hidden corners of the ocean floor lived one of the most powerful hunters of the marine world — the pistol shrimp, a ...

The deep-sea dwellers, resembling supersized woodlice, were isopods, like lobsters, crabs and shrimp — and they are considered a delicacy in East Asia. These specimens were not for eating ...