It’s a good day to be a marine biologist: a bundle of new species has been found living among the deep-sea methane seeps off ...

An international team of marine biologists has documented the highest known count of deep-sea species living in methane seeps ...

If one professor says no, don’t hesitate to ask for advice or referrals to others who might align better with your interests. Persistence is key: professors receive hundreds of emails every day from ...

and the pelagic zone (the open water column above the benthic zone). The coupling involves the flow of nutrients and energy between these two zones. Desmodorella bathyalis sp. and Desmodorella sp. are ...

We present a new dataset combined with the DeepSee model, which utilizes the YOLOv8 architecture, designed to rapidly and accurately detect benthic lifeforms in deep-sea environments of the North ...

The seafloor habitats of Dumpsites 1 and 2, located in the Santa Monica and San Pedro Basins off the coast of Los Angeles, contain discarded barrels and DDT-contaminated sediments, which are also home ...

Meiofaunal animals, roughly between 0.045 and 1 mm in size, are ubiquitous and ecologically important inhabitants of benthic marine ecosystems. Their high species richness and rapid response to ...

Every year, Scripps Benthic Invertebrate Collection Curator Greg Rouse and collaborators discover new species of marine life, especially during exploratory expeditions to mysterious and fascinating ...