A new study analyzes the evolutionary history of 11 deep-sea species from environments stretching from the central Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean and found that all species contained the ...

Imagine descending into the ocean’s deep, dark twilight zone, a realm straight out of science fiction. Here, in a place where ...

The ocean depths are home to a phantasmagoria of ... and Exploration in the Abyss (Knopf, 1996). Click on any of the pictures below to see the full view. Talk about all mouth.

An international team of scientists have finally explored where no other human has gone before — into the ocean abyss off Australia's eastern coast. The month-long expedition was sponsored by ...

When volcanic activity in the region began millions of years ago, hot magma erupted on the ocean floor and eventually cooled. When this process occurs repeatedly, it can result in the formation of ...