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Where Do Eels Come From?
European eels make an incredibly grueling, mysterious migration to spawn in the Sargasso Sea.
Giant deep-sea amphipod Alicella gigantea discovered to be globally widespread, not rare as previously believed.
In the twilight depths of the Gulf of Mexico, about as deep down as a football field is long, U.S. Navy divers carefully snip ...
Each spring small, transparent (and surprisingly cute) baby eels make their way up the Hudson River. Student scientists are there to count them.
Deep-sea diving can be an incredible experience with countless coral beds and marine life to explore. However, as one diver ...
The gulper eel’s large ... be confused with the giant squid, is the largest invertebrate ever identified. Known scientifically as Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, this deep-sea creature was first ...
Open wide! The gaping gob of a pelican eel can expand into a voluminous sac for trapping elusive prey in the dark ocean ...
As the scientists watched the playback from the deep-sea camera, they spotted the giant squid swimming into view at 2,490 feet below the surface. The squid appeared to be about 10 to 12 feet long.
Giant Deep Sea Squid. NOAA Photo Library ... another species deemed a “living fossil,” is an elusive creature with a body resembling that of an eel. This deep-sea shark has a distinctive frilled ...
The results also underscore the ecological importance of species like the Atlantic cod, Atlantic hagfish, and European eel, which were ... of seabed sediments, like giant skates, halibut and ...
Resembling an oversized roly-poly or pill bug, the giant isopod (Bathynomus giganteus ... of the harsh survival strategies in place at oceanic depths. Gulper Eel the deep-sea balloon animal known for ...