The deep ocean is home to the largest ecosystem on Earth, but we’ve only explored a tiny portion of it. Despite the enormity of our seas, new species are discovered all the time thanks to ...

Even as some scientists search for signs of life beyond Earth, other researchers have been discovering new species on our own humble planet faster than ever before. From high up in the mountains to ...

Three new species of snailfish were discovered thousands of meters deep “along the abyssal seafloor offshore of California,” thanks to a joint effort by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute ...

A bumpy snailfish, Andean mouse opossum and ancient sea cow were just some of the many species described in 2025. Even as some scientists search for signs of life beyond Earth, other researchers have ...