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Fish schools and squid socials, collections of corals and crowds of marching crabs—the deep sea teems with life. MBARI’s advanced underwater robots provide a glimpse of the communities flourishing in the largest living space on Earth.

We’ve filmed many astonishing gatherings of animals in the depths of Monterey Bay and beyond. Hotspots of life emerge from the dark when scavengers find a feast on the seafloor or when small fishes seek safety in numbers.

But our ocean and its inhabitants face a rising tide of threats. Pollution, overfishing, and climate change make for an uncertain future. We’re working to understand the deep sea and how these communities are navigating a changing ocean. All life, including us, depends on a healthy ocean. Together, we can be ocean champions. This Earth Day, we’re reflecting on our close connection to the animals and environments that thrive in the ocean’s inky depths. Their future is in our hands now.

Video producer/editor: Larissa Lemon
Production team: Kyra Schlining, Nancy Jacobsen Stout, Susan von Thun
Music: "Reach" by juqboxmusic

Animals in order of appearance:
Note: Some clips have red dots, which are lasers 29–30 centimeters (11.4 inches) apart, used for measurement.

0:00 California market squid (Doryteuthis opalescens) | 300 meters (984 feet)
0:06 Mushroom soft coral (Heteropolypus ritteri) | 1,692 meters (5,551 feet)
0:13 Sapphire copepod (Sapphirina sp.) | typically above 100 meters (328 feet)
0:19 Yellow Picasso sponge (Staurocalyptus sp.) | 1,205 meters (3,953 feet)
0:25 Pelagic red crab (Grimothea planipes) | 71 meters (233 feet)
0:31 Brisingid sea star (family Brisingidae) | 1,765 meters (5,791 feet)
0:37 Red octopus (Octopus rubescens) | 41 meters (135 feet)
0:43 Giant tubeworm (Riftia pachyptila) | 2,287 meters (7,503 feet)
0:50 String siphonophore (Apolemia sp.) | 701 meters (2,300 feet)
0:56 Basket star (Gorgonocephalus eucnemis) | 206 meters (676 feet)
1:02 Krill (order Euphausiacea) | 246 meters (807 feet)
1:14 Pom-pom anemone (Liponema brevicorne) | 1,045 meters (3,428 feet)
1:18 Pyrosome (Pyrosoma atlanticum) |30 meters (98 feet)
1:21 Glowing sea cucumber (Pannychia moseleyi) | 2,486 meters (8,156 feet)
1:24 Pacific hake (Merluccius productus) | 204 meters (669 feet)
1:27 Stalked tunicate (Culeolus barryi) | 1,375 meters (4,511 feet)
1:30 Humboldt squid (Dosidicus gigas) | 196 meters (643 feet)
1:34 Brittle stars (class Ophiuroidea) | 1,820 meters (5,971 feet)
1:40 Little red jellies (family Rhopalonematidae) and brown catshark (Apristurus brunneus) | 440 meters (1,444 feet)
1:46 Pearl octopus (Muusoctopus robustus) | 3,195 meters (10,482 feet)
1:51 Sea nettle (Chrysaora fuscescens) | 7 meters (23 feet)
1:58 Abyssal king crab (Paralomis sp.) | 1,118 meters (3,668 feet)
2:10 Northern anchovy (Engraulis mordax) | 397 meters (1,302 feet)
2:17 Babysitter snail (Neptunea sp.) | 884 meters (2,900 feet)
2:20 Salps (family Salpidae) | 30 meters (98 feet)
2:23 Fingered goblet sponge (Heterochone calyx) | 1,007 meters (3,304 feet)
2:26 Lanternfish (family Myctophidae) | 380 meters (1,247 feet)
2:29 Pink fragile urchin (Strongylocentrotus fragilis) | 205 ,meters (673 feet)
2:22 Sunburst jelly (family Solmarisidae) | 48 meters (157 feet)
2:36 Gigantic anemone (Metridium farcimen) | 259 meters (850 feet)
2:39 Pacific sergestid shrimp (Eusergestes similis) | 383 meters (1,257 feet)
2:41 Bubblegum coral (Paragorgia arborea) | 902 meters (2,959 feet)
2:48 Pacific white-sided dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) | 22 meters (72 feet)
2:53 Silky sea spider (Sericosura sp.) | 2,181 meters (7,156 feet)
2:57 Red disk jelly (Poralia rufescens) | 1,917 meters (6,289 feet)
3:00 Thick-armed star (Leptasterias sp.) | 3,058 meters (10,033 feet)
3:03 Giant larvacean (Bathochordaeus sp.) | 141 meters (463 feet)
3:06 Anemones (family Hormathiidae and Isosicyonis sp.) | 1,498 meters (4,915 feet)
3:09 Red-dot siphonophore (Nanomia septata) | 429 meters (1,407 feet)
3:13 Sea eggplant and brittle stars (Paelopatides confundens and class Ophiuroidea) | 2,997 meters (9,833 feet)
3:16 Blue rockfish (Sebastes mystinus) | 35 meters (115 feet)
3:19 Rosy bone-eating worm (Osedax roseus) | 843 meters (2,766 feet)
3:22 Rockfish and northern anchovy (Sebastes sp. and Engraulis mordax) | 153 meters (502 feet)
3:25 Ocean sunfish and northern anchovy (Mola mola and Engraulis mordax) | 40 meters (131 feet)