- Atlas of Megafauna from the DISCOL-Area, Tropical Southeastern Pacific Ocean
 - Designed to demonstrate to marine biologists the diversity of the megafauna of the Peru Basin (Southeast Pacific Ocean). - Aliens of the Deep@
- Explore the Abyss
- View the photo gallery dedicated to deep-sea and oceanic life. Find images of hydrothermal vent animals, deep-sea fish, invertebrates, and plankton, octopus and squid, bioluminescence in the abyss, open ocean animals, and whales and dolphins.
- Monsters of the Deep
- Introduction to the creatures that dwell in the deep ocean. Learn about their strange adaptations to the dark and cold.
- Lophelia.org
- Learn about the ancient, cold-water coral ecosystems of the deep ocean. View images, movies, case studies, and an interactive dive.
- Hot Vents
- Introduction to the fantastic assemblage of animals that are associated with the deep sea hot springs.
- New Squat Lobster Family of Galatheoidea (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura) From the Hydrothermal Vents of the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge
(PDF) - Learn about the new genus and new species collected in hydrothermal vents of the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge, south of Easter Island, that is commonly referred to as the yeti crab or furry lobster.
- CenSeam: A Global Census of Marine Life on Seamounts
- Census of Marine Life project studying undersea mountains and the life that thrives on them. Learn about the new species they have discovered.
- Benthic Foraminifers
- Briefly addresses their importance to earth science research and list current USGS projects utilizing them.
- National Geographic Explorer: Sea Monsters Game
- Identify some of the unusual animals that make there home in the dark, mysterious places thousands of feet below the ocean surface.
- deepseascape.org
- Explore the U.K.'s deep-sea landscape with this image and video library.
- www.DrBluhm.de
- Lists the marine zoologist's publications and the DISCOL Atlas of Megafauna.
- @Sea Operation Deep Scope: Exploring Gulf of Mexico Deep-Sea Habitats
- 2004 mission to study the fantastic life forms of four alien landscapes in the Gulf of Mexico up to 3,000 feet deep.
- NOAA Ocean Explorer: Operation Deep Scope 2004
- Exploring the deep in new ways in order to discover deep-sea creatures and learn more about how they have adapted to life in the ocean darkness.
- Home on the Ridge: Life on the N.E. Pacific Hydrothermal Vents
- Learn about the geologic processes that create these deep sea environments, the chimneys, the tubeworm community, and other life forms that thrive in the dark, toxic waters.
- MBARI Benthic Biology and Ecology
- Primarily interested in factors that regulate the abundance and distribution of benthic communities.
- Life on the Edge: Exploring Deep Ocean Habitats (2)
- Official project sites dedicated to the ongoing study that aims to document and understand the habitats and the species that exists along the edge of the continental shelf and the deeper continental slope.
- MarineBio.org: The Deep Sea
- Learn about the some of the animals that live in the most extensive habitat on the planet, the permanently cold, dark waters at the bottom of the ocean.
- DeepseaConservation.org
- Home of the Deep-sea Conservation for the UK (DC-UK) project. Learn about the amazing diversity of life -- from dense sponge belts, cold-water coral reefs to fields of weird single-celled organisms called xenophyophores -- of the U.K.'s deep-sea waters.
- @Sea Crossing the Florida Straits: A Passage to Deep Sea Discoveries
- Two-week expedition aboard the R/V Seward Johnson to explore the Straits of Florida in search of organisms that produce chemicals with the potential to cure diseases such as cancer and Alzheimer's.
- Deep-Sea Animals (and Bacteria)
- Pictures of bathyal and abyssal fishes, echinoderms, worms, molluscs, and arthropods.
- Monterey Bay Aquarium: Deep Sea Living Species List
- Find profiles of the fish, squids, clams, lobsters, jellies, and anemone that make their home in deep ocean waters and on sea floors.
- Nature: Dive To The Abyss
- Explores the ocean deep in Monterey Bay Canyon off the California coast; the Cayman Wall at Grand Cayman in the Caribbean; and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
- Life Without Light
- Pictures and information about the giant tubeworms, mussels, and clams living off of the energy-rich fluids seeping out of the ocean bottom.
- Deep Sea News
- Blog dedicated to the largest environment on earth, the deep ocean beyond the continental shelf.
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