Scientists unveil decades-long research about the deep-diving 'mystery mollusc' Enlarge this image toggle caption 2002 MBARI 2002 MBARI In early 2000, the scientists at Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute were sitting in the control room for their deep-diving remotely operated vehicle when they saw a bizarre creature swimming in the midnight zone of the ocean. This was the first time …
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. CNN — Researchers have discovered an unlikely new species within the ocean’s midnight zone: a glowing “mystery mollusk.” Although the apple-size species, named Bathydevius caudactylus, is classified as a sea slug, the marine animal is unlike any sea slug Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute scientists have seen before. “Our discovery is a …
