Life in the shadows
Toxic oases and hot springs
Under crushing pressure
The technology of discovery
artiteacher Drag strange creatures to their ocean zones to learn how they survive crushing pressure.
artiteacher Shark Tooth Graveyard
Shark teeth shine, shark teeth shine! Hidden in the deep since the dawn of time.
artiteacher Living 8,000 meters down, Pseudoliparis swirei uses TMAO molecules to survive pressure 800 times greater than at the surface
What is the name of the chemical molecule that protects deep-sea fish proteins from collapsing under extreme pressure?
artiteacher This newly discovered Peniagone species eats organic debris falling to the deep seafloor.
Which Norse god inspired the name of the horned sea cucumber discovered in the South Atlantic in 2025?
Snailfish depth: Snailfish have been found swimming active and healthy at a depth of 8,336 meters.
What makes xenophyophores highly unusual compared to most other single-celled organisms?
Teeth from which legendary, extinct prehistoric shark were found in the deep-sea shark tooth graveyard?
Near which islands in the Indian Ocean was the shark tooth graveyard discovered in 2026?