This Worm Week, we're featuring the strange, Demogorgon-looking deep-sea bristle worm Alvinella pompejana, better known as the Pompeii Worm due to its reliance on hydrothermal vents.

posted by newtboy 4 months 2 weeks ago • 77 views • 4:29

MBARI sustained our commitment to ocean exploration and discovery in 2021. The year brought more challenges, but exploring our big, blue backyard always inspires awe and wonder—and curiosity about the... continue reading

posted by newtboy 4 months 4 weeks ago • 351 views • 3:16

Jellyfish have long been the subjects of human fascination since the beginning of sea exploration: with today's ROVs, previously unseen jellies have now been observed. These are five of the most fascinating... continue reading

posted by newtboy 9 months 3 weeks ago • 353 views • 11:29

This strange creature was only discovered by marine biologists in 2007 during a deep water expedition. Teuthidodrilus, commonly known as the "Squidworm", is just as flamboyant as it is strange in appearance.... continue reading

posted by newtboy 2 years 4 months ago • 774 views • 3:38

"Pacific mole crabs, also known as sand crabs, make their living just under the surface of the sand, where they're safe from breaking waves and hungry birds. Some very special physics help them dig with... continue reading

posted by ant 3 years 7 months 1 week ago • 86 views • 3:52

YouTube description: Their skeletons are prized by beachcombers, but sand dollars look way different in their lives beneath the waves. Covered in thousands of purple spines, they have a bizarre diet... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 7 months 1 week ago • 510 views • 4:23

YouTube description: Less than 2 percent of the ocean floor has been explored by scientists. “Every time we go to the deep sea, we find new species of organisms,” explains geobiologist Victoria... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 128 views • 9:46

This video shows a deep-sea squid Gonatus onyx fighting to eat an owlfish Pseudobathylagus milleri. It was recorded using remotely operated vehicle Doc Ricketts.

posted by newtboy 3 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 823 views • 2:17

Jadon Anderson on his career sat diving. "My deepest was 621 feet" "When you drop out into the unknown- and you know, I could be the first person that’s actually stood here. You’re in a different... continue reading

posted by nanrod 3 years 8 months 4 weeks ago • 661 views • 3:18

Kurzgesagt on detonating a nuclear bomb in the Marianas Trench.

posted by w1ndex 3 years 10 months ago • 697 views • 6:03

"Pill bugs. Doodle bugs. Potato bugs. Wood Shrimp. Whatever you call them, there’s something less creepy about these critters than other insects. Maybe it’s because they’re not insects at all..." ... continue reading

posted by ant 4 years 2 weeks ago • 518 views • 3:30

"... Deconstructed". "Deep sea creatures look so..... odd? But why? ..."

posted by ant 4 years 8 months 1 week ago • 26 views • 6:37

"Tardigrades, also referred to as "water bears," are eight-legged microscopic animals that are seemingly impossible to kill, having been found everywhere from Antarctica to the deep sea."

posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 5 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 1,100 views • 4:10

YouTube description: Conceived in the open sea, tiny spaceship-shaped sea urchin larvae search the vast ocean to find a home. After this incredible odyssey, they undergo one of the most remarkable transformations... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 658 views • 3:23

For years marine biologists have puzzled over what the mysterious vampire squid eats. Recent research by Henk-Jan Hoving and Bruce Robison at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute finally reveals... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 2 weeks ago • 955 views • 4:33

YouTube: Deep sea creatures like the anglerfish look terrifying. Turns out, there’s a reason for that.

posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 4 months 1 week ago • 315 views • 3:23

YouTube Description: Jellyfish don’t have a heart, or blood, or even a brain. They’ve survived five mass extinctions. And you can find them in every ocean, from pole to pole. What’s their secret?... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 7 months ago • 169 views • 2:56

"The deeper you go, the weirder it gets." YouTube: We know more about some other planets than we do about the deepest corners of Earth's oceans, and the species we've found there are almost alien. Here's... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 472 views • 3:10

YT: This extreme oasis of life deep in the Caribbean Sea may hold clues to life on other planetary bodies, including Jupiter's moon Europa.

posted by mintbbb 7 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 144 views • 2:16