"Everyone in the control room let out a loud 'Oooooh!' at the same time. We were all enchanted," a researcher said.

Scientists at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute identified an intriguing new deep sea species off of California.

Monterey Bay researchers have discovered a remarkable new species of sea slug that lives in the deep sea. It swims through ...

It took nearly 25 years for biologists to discover that a swimming and glowing organism in the ocean’s midnight zone was ...

Deep-sea researchers have discovered a glowing sea slug with a huge hood that helps the creature feed like a Venus fly trap.

The midnight zone begins half a mile below the surface of Monterey Bay, where sunlight can no longer reach. These dark depths ...

Advances in technology that enabled the discovery of a new species by California scientists may lead to a better ...

“Only recently have cameras become capable of filming bioluminescence in high-resolution and in full color,” Haddock added.

“Larry Crowder has long been a pioneer at taking new science about ocean life and turning it into ... colleagues and students ...