Deep-sea brittle stars are always on the move. That's what a new study seems to suggest, anyway, after analyzing thousands of brittle star specimens and finding that the spiky, star-shaped creatures ...

Marine animals living in the cold, dark depths of the ocean are interconnected across the world by a hidden “superhighway”, a groundbreaking new study suggests. The research, published in the journal ...

A world-first study led by Museums Victoria Research Institute has revealed that beneath the cold, dark, pressurised world of the deep sea, marine life is far more globally connected than previously ...

Far below the ocean’s surface, tiny plastic fragments are accumulating in thick, drifting clouds that rival any garbage patch at the top of the sea. What once looked like a surface litter problem is ...

Deepsea brittle star species from New Zealand, part of the Earth Sciences New Zealand's invertebrate collection in Wellington (Photo/Earth Sciences New Zealand) A world-first study of marine life, ...

A groundbreaking global study, analyzing DNA from brittle stars collected over decades, reveals surprising connectivity in deep-sea life across vast oceans. Scientists discovered that these creatures, ...