MBARI's spectacular deep-sea sightings from 2025—in stunning 4K
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MBARI's spectacular deep-sea sightings from 2025—in stunning 4K
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Rare squid spotted off California’s Central Coast
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Rare squid spotted off California’s Central Coast
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As we say goodbye to 2025, we’re reflecting on a year of dazzling discoveries.⁠ 💫 ⁠ Using advanced underwater robots, MBARI captured extraordinary 4K footage of deep-sea life that continues to inform our understanding of ocean health and connect audiences with Earth’s largest—and least explored—ecosystem. If you haven’t seen it already, head over to our YouTube Channel and watch the full 2025 highlights video, showcasing all the remarkable residents of the deep that we hope you fall in love wit
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As we say goodbye to 2025, we’re reflecting on a year of dazzling discoveries.⁠ 💫 ⁠ Using advanced underwater robots, MBARI captured extraordinary 4K footage of deep-sea life that continues to inform our understanding of ocean health and connect audiences with Earth’s largest—and least explored—ecosystem. If you haven’t seen it already, head over to our YouTube Channel and watch the full 2025 highlights video, showcasing all the remarkable residents of the deep that we hope you fall in love wit
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She Sat on Her Eggs for 4.5 Years. This Is What It Cost Her
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She Sat on Her Eggs for 4.5 Years. This Is What It Cost Her
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Deep-sea mom things 🦀🌊
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Deep-sea mom things 🦀🌊
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The mother who gave her life for her eggs. #octopus #nature #heartbreaking
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The mother who gave her life for her eggs. #octopus #nature #heartbreaking
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Wake up, babe. New MBARI species just dropped. 🤩🙌🏽 MBARI researchers have discovered a remarkable new species of sea slug that lives in the deep sea. Bathydevius caudactylus swims through the ocean’s midnight zone and lights up with brilliant bioluminescence. With a voluminous hooded structure at one end, a flat tail fringed with numerous finger-like projections at the other, and colorful internal organs in between, the team initially struggled to place this animal in a group. Because the ani
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Wake up, babe. New MBARI species just dropped. 🤩🙌🏽 MBARI researchers have discovered a remarkable new species of sea slug that lives in the deep sea. Bathydevius caudactylus swims through the ocean’s midnight zone and lights up with brilliant bioluminescence. With a voluminous hooded structure at one end, a flat tail fringed with numerous finger-like projections at the other, and colorful internal organs in between, the team initially struggled to place this animal in a group. Because the ani
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Deep-sea jellies, siphonophores, and more: MBARI's Southern California expedition
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This Male Anglerfish Bites the Female and Never Lets Go
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YouTubeOcean Experiments
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This Octopus Mom Guarded Her Eggs For 4.5 Years
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MBARI's advanced underwater robot reveals a new species of deep-sea snailfish
431.2K viewsSep 8, 2025
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Our newest unofficial video series—deep-sea animals that dance better than you 💃 Most sea cucumbers live a sedentary life on the bottom of the ocean, sifting through sediment to find detritus that rains down from above. But some sea cucumbers temporarily leave behind the life of eating and pooping on the seafloor to go for a swim. They may do this as a defense behavior or to find a mate. Sea cucumbers have adapted in remarkable ways to master the challenges of living in the deep sea. | MBARI
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Unwind with the breathtaking beauty of deep-sea hydrothermal vents 🔥〰️ Some of the most stunning landscapes on Earth lie deep beneath the ocean’s surface. Volcanic activity on the seafloor creates scattered oases known as hydrothermal vents. These underwater geysers spew superheated water rich in dissolved minerals. When that scalding-hot water comes in contact with frigid deep-ocean water, the minerals crystallize, raining tiny flecks of “ash” to the seafloor. Those mineral deposits build up o
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Just another tiny deep-sea bestie 🥰⁠ ⁠ From icy polar zones to the darkest ocean depths, these miniature wonders can thrive in habitats where few other animals can survive. Amphipods are crustaceans often mistaken for tiny shrimp. They resemble shrimp in some ways, but they are laterally compressed and have no carapace.⁠ ⁠ Despite their diminutive size—most species grow no bigger than your fingernail—amphipods power ocean food webs in a big way by serving as prey for countless species of fishes
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Meditate for a moment by gazing into the mesmerizing eyes of the deep-sea rattail fish. Rattails, or macrourids, are common throughout the world’s ocean. They are characterized by a distinctive large head and whip-like tail that tapers to a point. Big blue eyes give the rattail an edge at finding food in deep dark waters. Their keen eyesight reveals prey, like fishes and squid, darting just above the seafloor. There are over 1,000 species of rattails found worldwide, although MBARI has recorded
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Bone Devourers: The Deep-Sea Worms That Eat Whale Bones — Long Reel
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Deep-sea mom life. 🦑🥚 For decades, marine biologists assumed that all squids laid their eggs in clusters on the seafloor, where the eggs developed and hatched without any help from their parents. However, MBARI scientists discovered that some female deep-sea squid, like this Gonatus onyx, brood their eggs by carrying them between their arms until the young hatch and swim away. ⁠ ⁠ Gonatus females will have approximately 2,000 to 3,000 eggs in a sheath between their arms for as long as nine mon
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This Fish Looks Through Its Own Transparent Head ⚡
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Scientists Never Saw This Octopus Mother Eat in 4.5 Years
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YouTubeOcean Experiments
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Vampire Squid Doesn't Drink Blood
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Floating through inner space ✨️ This species of jellyfish, Poralia rufescens, is one most people will never see. It lives deep below the sea surface to thousands of meters and is usually seen floating near the seafloor, sometimes we see hundreds of them on an ROV dive!⁠ ⁠ There are lots of gelatinous animals in the ocean, but when you hear the word jellyfish you probably think of something like this. The so-called "true" jellyfish, a class called the Scyphozoans, are the ones you usually see nea
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Deep-sea swim-by 😶‍🌫️ Rattails, or macrourids, are common throughout the world’s ocean. They are characterized by a distinctive large head and whip-like tail that tapers to a point. Big blue eyes give the rattail an edge at finding food in deep dark waters. Their keen eyesight reveals prey, like fishes and squid, darting just above the seafloor. There are over 1,000 species of rattails found worldwide, although MBARI has recorded less than 20 species during our numerous expeditions. Macrourid
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Why Deep Sea Monsters Actually Look Like Aliens (It’s Not What You Think)
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🦈 Monsters of the Deep! 😨 4 Strange Ocean Creatures You Won't Believe Exist #monsterofthedeep #mbari
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Deep beneath the ocean’s surface, this homebody holds tight to the rocky seafloor. While most other sea cucumbers meander across the seafloor, the armored sea cucumber (Psolus squamatus) is a sedentary species. A flat underside acts like a suction cup, gripping the bottom and rarely letting go. Psolus cannot outrun predators. Instead, tough, hardened scales cover their body, serving as protective armor. A low profile and muted color help too—with their tentacles tucked in, Psolus looks like a ro
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We heart gulper eels ♥️🫶♥️⁠ ⁠ Gulper eels are deep-sea fish that live throughout the world’s ocean from a few hundred meters to over 2,000 meters (over 6,500 feet) in the deep midwater.⁠ ⁠ See that massive mouth? Food is scarce in the deep sea, so a gulper eel’s oversized mouth helps it swallow any morsel of food—big or small—that it comes across. Scientists think the glowing tip of this eel’s sinewy body might act as a luminescent lure to attract unsuspecting prey and then—gulp—it becomes dinn
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In November 2014, MBARI recorded what we believe was the first ever video footage of the black seadevil alive and at depth. Deep-sea anglerfishes are elusive animals that are rarely observed in their natural habitat. This little angler, about 9 centimeters (3.5 inches) long, is named Melanocetus johnsonii. MBARI's ROV Doc Ricketts observed this anglerfish at 600 meters (1,969 feet) in the deep dark waters of the Monterey Canyon. Anglerfishes have evolved a remarkable way to catch prey—a fishing
154.3K viewsFeb 12, 2025
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10 minutes of fascinating deep-sea animals | Into The Deep
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There is nothing quite like an octopus in the deep. 🐙⁠ ⁠ Although we often see these deep-sea octopods, we know little about many of the species that belong to the Bathypolypodinae subfamily. We typically find the species within this group walking along or swimming just above the seafloor, hunting for snails, crabs, and other small animals. | MBARI
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The Weirdest Deep Sea Creatures in Every Layer of the Ocean
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