Shrimp look an awful lot like bugs. The exoskeletons, jointed legs and compound eyes of both groups of living things give ...

While this discovery could upend our understanding of how life started on Earth, the study also complicates negotiations around deep-sea mining regulations as it showcases how little we really ...

Octopuses are cephalopods that live in oceans around ... of Sydney and the author of "Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness," said to the BBC.

"Deep-sea discovery calls into question the origins of life," the Scottish Association for Marine Science said in a press release to accompany the publication of the research. "Greenpeace has long ...

a rare sight that could unlock new information on deep-sea cephalopods Christian Thorsberg Genes associated with the torso are largely absent in a species of starfish, upending how scientists ...

Due to the extreme conditions in the deep sea, its ecosystems and high biodiversity (made up mostly of small organisms living in the sediment) are particularly sensitive to disturbances.

The expedition is part of a research series focused on deep-sea in-situ observations around the Macaronesian ... crustaceans, lantern fishes and cephalopods. This community is the food for many ...