Scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography descended thousands of meters where they likely discovered dozens of new animal species. Creatures flourish where methane gas seeps into the ocean ...

The animal was translucent with a large hooded ... and a few species lives on the deep sea floor. Mystery Mollusk has other distinctions. Very few sea slugs have hoods to catch prey.

Very few people make it to the deepest depths of the oceans, which is why new discoveries are constantly made about the exotic creatures that dwell in the deep blue sea. Although these next five ...

Hercules can dive as deep as 13,100 feet ... of ROV footage posted on Dec. 3 shows the tentacled animals swimming or sitting near the sea floor in an open sandy area. One researcher called ...