Spotlight: Starfish Tracks in the Nitinat Canyon

Image by Christopher Mah, from NOAA's Okeanos research vessel in the Nitinat Canyon, Pacific Ocean Zoom in on the photo and realize that all those tiny holes and dents on the right side of the starfish are actually starfish footprints! Or podia prints, to be biologically precise.While NOAA's ocean exploration vessel Okeanos was recently plying …

Pic o’ the Week: SpongeBob SquarePants & Patrick Star Sighting?!

Ocean scientists and enthusiasts alike have been spending pandemic days this month tuned in to NOAA's live dives as its research vessel Okeanos explores seamounts in the Atlantic Ocean ... ... patiently tracking the ROV as it plies the watery depths ... When suddenly!! What to scientist Christopher Mah's wondering eyes should appear but ... …

Spotlight: A Golden Age of Ocean Exploration

You're living in a golden age in deep sea exploration. There have been myriad deep-sea explorations underway this year, from NOAA's Okeanos Explorer's  expeditions in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans to EV/Nautilus' seafloor mapping and exploration in the Pacific Ocean. And thanks to the wonders of modern technology, you can tune in and watch much of …

Spotlight: Okeanos Explores the Deep Pacific … & You Can Too

This is really cool stuff folks! NOAA is exploring the deep sea and you can join in from your desk

Pic o’ the Week: ‘sea toad’

NOAA's exploration vessel Okeanos Explorer recently ventured around the Wake Atoll Unit of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument. Researchers spotted and sampled deep sea life, from anemones to corals to seastars. And they came across this cherubic-seeming fish, hanging out ..... To conduct their deep-water research, researchers use telepresence technology to transmit data in real-time to …

Pic o’ the Week: Unidentified Deep Sea Fish

This curious creature, seen in Indonesian waters in the Sangihe Talaud Region, has not yetbeen definitively identified by scientists. The Little Hercules ROV captured this image of what scientists think is an anglerfish during dives from NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer in Indonesia. Scientists are working to further identify this creature and many others they encountered this …