Deep-sea fish thrive in extreme pressure, darkness, and pollution, revealing new survival mechanisms and threats.

Could lumpy metallic rocks in the deepest, darkest reaches of the ocean be making oxygen in the absence of sunlight?

Scientists have discovered an area in the Red Sea with natural death traps in the region believed to be the location where Moses parted the waters.

In 1917, a civil engineer pioneered the first deep-sea vehicle to attempt filming underwater. A century later, we have James ...

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In the cold, lightless Pacific Ocean deep, the seabed is scattered with metal-rich rocks coveted by miners—and huge numbers ...

new video loaded: Deep-Sea Oarfish Is Spotted on Mexican Beach Whether it’s reporting on conflicts abroad and political divisions at home, or covering the latest style trends and scientific ...

Mining of polymetallic nodules from the seabed might lead to significant and long-lasting ecological changes -- both in the mined area, where surface sediments and the fauna living in and on it are ...

Eunice siphoninsidiator, or the tube ambushing marine bristle worm, was discovered within the structure of glass sponges by a ...

China plans to establish a deep-sea research station by 2030 in the South China Sea at a depth of 2,000 meters. This high-tech facility will study cold seep ecosystems, monitor methane emissions ...

A groundbreaking study has found one of the highest concentrations of deep-sea litter ever detected at the deepest point of the Mediterranean Sea. At such a critical moment in US history, we need ...