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

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

Among the myriad creatures that populate our ocean, some stand out as having an outsized impact on the marine environment—shaping and maintaining habitats that themselves sustain countless other forms ...

A Chinese deep-sea expedition to the Mariana Trench has uncovered an astonishing array of life forms thriving at depths once ...

Marine scientists indeed call a deep-sea brine pool off the eastern coast ... of tube worms that have adapted to life in this extreme habitat by processing seep gases and chemicals into energy.

Naturepl.com / David Shale / WWF The deep sea is home to habitats and species found nowhere else on Earth, and provides essential environmental services. Despite its importance, its vast size and ...

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 ...

China has revealed plans to construct a deep-sea research facility at a depth of 6,000 feet beneath the South China Sea, a ...

Oceanographers and marine scientists can use these bases to study ocean life, ocean ecosystems, and conduct experiments in a ...

Jara and his team were able to swim alongside and capture this rare sighting of the black seadevil, a species that usually inhabits the inky depths of the ocean ...

Deep-sea creatures, rare beings that typically reside in the abyssal depths, are surfacing in unprecedented numbers. What is this mystery? Know Here: ...