Researchers have identified an eerie new form of deep-sea creature using only high-definition video. In 2015, scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) piloted a remotely operated vehicle through an underwater canyon off the coast of Puerto Rico. At a depth of more than two miles the drone came across a ctenophore, or … Read more
Well it IS wet out there! Charity fundraiser Lloyd Scott begins his bid to climb highest peaks in England, Scotland and Wales in a full deep-sea diving outfit as he starts out up Ben Nevis Lloyd Scott, 58, began the Three Peaks challenge in Scotland today as he began to climb Ben Nevis He is … Read more
Captain Sir Tom Moore has lent his support to Lloyd Scott as he plans to climb the Three Peaks wearing a 130lb deep-sea diving suit. Mr Scott, 58, will be climbing Britain’s three tallest mountains over an eight-day period next month. It comes 18 years after he earned the world record for slowest time to … Read more
Marine scientists exploring the depths of the ocean surrounding the Galapagos Islands have uncovered dozens of new species of deep-sea creatures. Plunging miles beneath the Pacific Ocean, they discovered 30 previously unknown invertebrates, include four new species of crustacean known as squat-lobsters, 10 new types of bamboo corals and four new species of octocorals. A … Read more
Deep-sea anglerfish take sexual intimacy to the next level by ‘fusing’ bodies with their partners when they mate, a study reveals. In an amazing display of sexual submission, the smaller male anglerfish becomes permanently attached to the relatively gigantic female, resulting in their tissue fusing and the two animals establishing a common blood circulation system. … Read more
World’s first private icebreaker is launched: £79.5m vessel with its own deep-sea submarine is available to charter for £665,000 per week after it was commissioned by Russian billionaire La Datcha, commissioned by Russian billionaire Oleg Tinkov, is 253ft-long and charters at £665k a week Icebreaker features a deep-sea submarine, 2 helipads, snowmobiles and on-board sauna … Read more
Squid and deep-sea fish dazzle potential predators with a bioluminescent flash of light that allows them to escape, research shows Elephant seals feast on lantern fish that live at great depths in the murky ocean Biologists set out to find out how the seals manage to hunt their prey in the dark They attached trackers … Read more