Among the myriad creatures that populate our ocean, some stand out as having an outsized impact on the marine environment—shaping and maintaining habitats that themselves sustain countless other forms ...

On the abyssal plains, at depths between 3,000 and 6,000 meters, polymetallic nodules are scattered across millions of square ...

can survive in both shallow waters and the deep ocean. They use their tube feet to eat tiny bits of algae and decaying organisms on the sea floor or plankton closer to the surface. The smallest ...

Discover the hidden snowfall of the ocean—what marine snow is, how it forms, and why it matters for our planet and climate ...

Around the deep-sea vents off the southern coast of Japan ... The filter-feeding species eat plankton by catching the tiny creatures on their mucus and then moving them to their mouth through ...

Oarfish are filter feeders meaning they eat krill, plankton and other small creatures ... The Orange County Register reports that the oarfish a rarely seen deep-sea creature was found Monday. (Fran ...