Enlarge / A Sixgill Hagfish (Eptatretus hexatrema) in False Bay, South Africa. The simple hagfish is an ugly, gray, eel-like creature best known for its ability to release a cloud of sticky slime on unsuspecting predators, clogging the gills and suffocating the predators. That is why it is also affectionately called a ‘snot snake’. Hagfish … Read more
A team of deep-sea scientists has made a mother of a discovery. In recent research, they describe the discovery of a female squid exhibiting unusual behavior for its species: protecting and carrying around a clutch of giant eggs. The mama squid likely belongs to a previously unknown species of cephalopod, the researchers have determined. Automation … Read more
In the cold, dark waters of the Gulf of California, a strange squid was discovered watching over its nesting young. At depths far below the reach of sunlight, a remotely piloted vehicle spotted a species of cephalopod that few humans – if any at all – would have seen. Clutched tightly in her arms was … Read more
This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! During a 2015 expedition to the Gulf of California, MBARI researchers encountered a squid that was hatching exceptionally large eggs. New research suggests that this may represent a previously unknown species in the family Gonatidae. Credit: MBARI × close to … Read more
The Barbie pig is a newly discovered species of sea pig, a type of sea cucumber. (Photo: ©SMARTEX Project, NERC/smartexccz.org) On March 20, 2024, the last deep-sea expedition under the Seabed Mining and Resiliency Experimental Impact (SMARTEX) project was completed. The crew on the James Cook research vessel discovered several new species. One of the … Read more
This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked trusted source proofread OK! This transparent sea cucumber belongs to the Elpidiidae family and is called ‘unicummber’. You can clearly see his intestines and that he has eaten sediment. We can only guess what the long tail is for, but probably for swimming. Credit: SMARTEX/NHM/NOC × … Read more