Videos

Many of the animals in the deep-sea use red pigments to hide themselves because red light is one of the first wavelengths of visible light to be absorbed by...

There's more than one way to swim in the deep sea. Watch sea spiders "stride," octopus pulse and sea butterflies flap in this video from the Monterey Bay...

Kit, the youngest otter ever to go on exhibit at the Aquarium, loves to play with her nine-year-old companion, Mae. Along with the fun and games, she's...

The bloodybelly comb jelly's sparkling display is from light diffracting from tiny transparent, hair-like cilia. These beat continuously as a form of...

Urchins love to eat kelp. They trap floating pieces with their sharp spines and hold on tight using hundreds of tiny tube feet. Urchins use their rasping...

Sea stars are sometimes called star fish, but they aren't fish; they're related to sea urchins. These cool creatures come in lots of different colors and...

Our sea otters are always busy! In addition to thrilling Aquarium guests, some of our otters act as surrogate moms behind the scenes—taking care of otter pups...

When a whale dies, its enormous bones settle on the seafloor, providing a feast for deep-sea animals. To find out what happens to these "whalefalls,"...

The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) is conducting deep-sea research that’s changing what we know about the ocean—and what we need to do to...

Journey to the ocean’s depths in a remote-controlled submarine and see bizarre deep-sea creatures like vampire squid, giant deep-sea jellies and spookfish....