"Exploring the Depths: 100 New Marine Species Uncovered off New Zealand Coast"

A team of marine scientists has discovered about 100 potential new species off the coast of New Zealand, including an entirely novel life form that has yet to be identified, possibly a new group outside of the octocoral. The Ocean Census aims to identify 100,000 unknown species within the next 10 years, and during a three-week investigation, the team collected almost 1,800 samples from as far down as three miles below the surface, finding a new species of fish and potentially a new deep sea coral. The vast majority of the ocean remains unexplored, with only about 240,000 of the 2.2 million believed species noted by scientists.