Sea worm’s reproductive bits grow their own eyes before mating The branching marine worm has one head, many butts, and a busy sex life. By Laura Baisas Published May 20, 2025 2:30 PM EDT ...

This deep-sea anglerfish, which the mission’s researchers are still working to identify, was found in one of five submarine canyons that the scientists explored during the same 55-day expedition ...

Scientists were dazzled after discovering an iridescent, bristled sea worm that is being compared to an aquatic "toilet scrubber." The nonprofit Schmidt Ocean Institute recently shared a video of ...

A polychaete deep-sea worm filmed by the Schmidt Ocean Institute. Photo: Schmidt Ocean Institute/Instagram Deep sea explorers want you to break out the "jazz hands" for this creature.

Deep sea explorers want you to break out the "jazz hands" for this creature. On Nov. 4, the Schmidt Ocean Institute posted a video of one of its recent finds on Instagram. The nonprofit is ...

One of the critters the robotic explorer captured on camera was a polychaete, a type of deep-sea worm. In the clip of the creature the Schmidt Ocean Institute shared on social media, the polychaete ...

Deep sea explorers want you to break out the "jazz hands" for this creature. On Nov. 4, the Schmidt Ocean Institute posted a video of one of its recent finds on Instagram.

A new deep-sea worm was discovered in a methane seep located about 50 kilometers off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. This marine research was also supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation ...

Marine biologists have discovered a new species of deep-sea worm living near a methane seep some 50 kilometers (30 miles) off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica.

Greg Rouse, a marine biologist at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and other researchers have discovered a new species of deep-sea worm living near a methane seep some 50 kilometers ...

Greg Rouse, a marine biologist at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and other researchers have discovered a new species of deep-sea worm living near a methane seep some 50 ...