The Latest Breaking News from Schmidt Ocean Institute

The mission was so remote that often the closest humans to the vessel were on the International Space Station.

The Schmidt Ocean Institute captured rare footage of the juvenile near the South Sandwich Islands.

The colossal squid was first described in 1925 based on specimens from the stomach of a commercially hunted sperm whale. A century later, an international voyage captured the first confirmed video of this species in its natural habitat – a 30-centimetre juvenile, at a depth of 600 metres near the…

The newfound ecosystem is filled with sea crabs, octopuses and gigantic sponges, suggesting it may have been thriving for centuries.

A “serendipitous” discovery offers new insights into how ecosystems can thrive beneath floating sections of the Antarctic ice sheet.

The giant sea spiders can have leg spans of up to 20 inches (51 centimeters).

Groundbreaking discovery of a hidden ecosystem under the seafloor near hydrothermal vents challenges assumptions and reveals diverse marine life.

Researchers have discovered enormous tube worms and other creatures thriving in cavities beneath the seafloor on the East Pacific Rise, an ocean ridge near the Galápagos Islands.

Underwater mountains are biodiversity hotspots and researchers exploring the Salas y Gómez ridge off Chile have found 50 species probably new to science. How much more has yet to be discovered?