While scientists have known that tiny microbes have been prospering in the deepest, darkest parts of the ocean, a new voyage ...

Researchers traveling along the Kuril–Kamchatka and Aleutian trenches in the northwest Pacific Ocean used a manned ...

Researchers traveling along the Kuril–Kamchatka and Aleutian trenches in the northwest Pacific Ocean used a submersible to ...

Researchers have discovered a highly specialized community of sea creatures living 6 miles beneath the ocean surface—deeper ...

A Chinese submersible has discovered thousands of worms and mollusks nearly 10 kilometers (six miles) below sea level in the ...

In these extreme environments, the crushing pressure, scant food and lack of sunlight can make it hard to survive. Scientists ...

As the race for critical minerals heats up, companies and governments have set their sights on the mineral-rich deep sea. But ...

When researchers discovered evidence of “dark oxygen” last year, the news spread around the world, but the biggest challenge ...

A recent deep-sea discovery has captured the attention of scientists and marine life enthusiasts, as a telescope fish has been observed in abyssal zones, in total darkness. These t ...

Discovery of deep-sea chemosynthesis-based communities suggests more life forms exist in unexplored ocean depths, according to a study by Chinese researchers ...