Among the first creatures to recolonize the disturbed areas were large, amoeba-like xenophyophores, commonly found throughout the CCZ — a vast area between Hawaii and Mexico.

TMC's subsidiary, NORI, has submitted comprehensive data to the International Seabed Authority, detailing findings from environmental baseline campaigns from the NORI-D exploration area up to January ...

TMC's subsidiary, NORI, has submitted comprehensive data to the International Seabed Authority, detailing findings from environmental baseline campaigns from the NORI-D exploration area up to ...

The company says that this year’s ISA data submission highlights include: Over 12,000 seafloor images from Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) operations, reportedly leading to: ...

Annotation and identification of over 30,000 megafauna and xenophyophores occurrences by the UK National Oceanography Centre. More than 2,000 gelatinous nekton identified by JAMSTEC from ...

The deep sea is in danger of turning into an invisible wild west. On Sunday, a UN deadline for finalising regulations over deep-sea mining in international waters expired without agreement. The ...

Xenophyophores (Protista, foraminifera) from the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone with description of three new species. Mar. Biodivers. 45: 581–593. doi: 10.1007/s12526-015-0330-z ...

The creatures were discovered at depths of 6.6 miles (10.6 kilometers). That breaks a previous record for xenophyophores found in the New Hebrides Trench at 4.7 miles (7.6 kilometers).

Another option is the deep-sea dwelling organism known as a xenophyophore. Xenophyophores are… weird. They're a type of protist, meaning they’re related to things like algae and amoebas.

Taking a walk on the beach yesterday because October is still summer in SoCal, I watched as thousands of flies swarmed over the kelp that had washed up on shore. As my feet swept close, the flies ...

By one estimate, 90 percent of the species that researchers collect there are new to science, including the pale “ghost” octopus that lays its eggs on sponge stalks anchored to manganese nodules or ...