Sea Animals. Marine biology is the scientific study of organisms in the ocean or other marine or brackish bodies of water. ... sandy and rocky bottoms, and the open ocean (pelagic) zone, ...

The creatures then return to the deep pelagic zone, ... toward understanding these mysterious yet ubiquitous animals. Credit: Susan Mears. Sea butterflies are mollusks that live their whole ...

This species lives in the ocean's midnight zone, an expansive environment of open water 1,000 to 4,000 meters (3,300 to 13,100 feet) below the surface, also known as the bathypelagic zone.

More than 5,500 deep-sea species reside in the area of the Pacific known as the Clarion Clipperton Zone, and roughly 90 percent of them have yet to be described by science, according to a new study.

Ocean animals vacate areas both around and outside deep-sea mining operations. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2023 / 07 / 230714113452.htm ...

The animal also has a lower metabolism than other known nudibranchs; its respiration rates are more similar to those observed in deep-sea jellyfish.

The researchers found that more than nine percent of the ocean had seen its lit zones reduced by more than 50 meters, and just under three percent saw them reduced by more than 100 meters (109 yards).

Researchers from Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) recently spotted the deep-sea squid (an unknown species in the genus Bathyteuthis.) around 56 miles (90 kilometers) off the coast ...