Learn more about some of the best new discoveries: Off the southern coast of Japan, a new species of marine bristle worm, ...

Creatures such as these sea urchins serve as deep-sea recyclers that break down bits of dead plants ... such as this fish. Also found on a submarine canyon floor: a deep-sea worm sometimes called ...

Inside deep-sea coral in the Pacific ... a new species of marine bristle worm, Eunice siphoninsidiator, was discovered living within the structure of glass sponges. These tube ambushing worms ...

Inside deep ... sea creature known as Sebastapistes monospina, or the tropical single-spined scorpionfish, was identified as a new species. Found in shallow coral and rocky reef environments, thes ...