Learn more about the most exciting species found around the world in 2025, from the deep sea to the western Himalayas.
Photograper Julio A. Díaz. The new discoveries will increase the ecological importance of the Mallorca channel seamounts and the littoral caves, providing compelling arguments for the Spanish ...
A newly discovered predatory “death-ball” sponge in the Southern Ocean hunts small prey with tiny hooks, revealing surprising deep-sea behaviour and hidden marine biodiversity.
Lanice spongicola lives on a glass sponge, a deep-sea sponge with a skeleton made of silica, that rises from hard rock. The ...
Inside deep-sea coral in the Pacific, an iridescent creature waits in ambush. Zhou Y, Zhang R, Shen C, Mao Q, Zhang M, Zhang D (2025) ZooKeys The underwater mountains of the northwest Pacific are ...
Marine biologists have discovered a dozen new species of sea sponges at the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary off California. Thomas Turner They were practically hiding in plain sight. Marine ...
Scientists found “massive” plant-covered sea animals at South Pacific reef and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo shows a representative island in French Polynesia. Photo from Gabor Koszegi ...