Ocean Census

Scientists working through The Nippon Foundation-Nekton Ocean Census have discovered 1,121 marine species in a single year

Scientists have confirmed the discovery of 38 new species following an Ocean Census expedition off the coast of Japan

Scientists have identified 20 potential new species after retrieving deep reef monitoring devices from Guam’s twilight zone reefs

Thirty new deep-sea species, including a predatory ‘death-ball’ sponge, have been found by the Nippon Foundation–Nekton Ocean Census

Ocean Census partners with JAMSTEC to explore the deep-sea habitats and volcanic trenches off Japan's southern coast

Previously unknown coral gardens, hydrothermal vents and new species have been discovered during an expedition to the South Sandwich Islands

The Ocean Census collaborative effort to accelerate the discovery of marine life has announced the discovery of 866 new marine species.

A team of oceanographers led by scientists from the Schmidt Ocean Institute has found 20 new species and a new Nazca seamount

The Ocean Census global marine life discovery initiative announces a partnership with Germany's Senckenberg Society for Nature Research.

The Ocean Census Arctic Deep expedition reveals the extraordinary biodiversity of the understudied depths of the Arctic Ocean

The Ocean Census has launched its Arctic Deep Expedition in the search for undiscovered species in the depths of the Arctic Ocean

Ocean Census announces the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea will be joining its global network for species discovery

The Nippon Foundation-Nekton Ocean Census has announced that the porject has been officially endorsed as a UN Ocean Decade Programme.

Scientists from New Zealand's NIWA may have discovered 100 species new to science during an expedition to the nearby Bounty Trough,

The discovery of of a new species of mussel in a sunken forest off coast of Alabama has been announced by the Ocean Census Alliance

Repurposed mobile shipping container COVID labs are being deployed to assist with ocean research across the globe