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Scientists with Museums Victoria have returned from a 35-day expedition discovering deep-sea creatures around the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Marine Park in Australia.

Researchers captured video footage of octopuses throwing silt and shells at each other in what they believe is a bizarre social behavior.

The sharks are following micronekton, which travel from the surface to the depths at dawn.

"This has all the hallmarks of a distinct new ecosystem," marine biologist Alex Rogers, University of Oxford, said.

With their alternation of steep vertical cliffs and terraces built from volcanic subsea strata and fossilized reefs, the chain of 26 coral atolls southwest of... 24.10.2022, Sputnik International

A team of 'aquanauts' has discovered the Maldives is an oasis for deep ocean life in a large watery desert.

A new ecosystem has been discovered 1,640 feet (500 metres) underwater by University of Oxford researchers, where swarms of trapped plankton are feasted upon by sharks and large fish.

Scientists on a mission in the Maldives have discovered a new ecosystem 500 meters deep in the ocean.

Scientists on a 34-day mission in the Maldives have discovered a new oasis of life deep in the Indian ocean.

On Monday, a report published by the local newspaper in the island nation Maldives indicated that the scientists on the Nekton Maldives Mission have discovered evidence of ‘The Trapping Zone’. It was described as ‘an oasis of oceanic life’, 500 metres below the surface.