These spheres from the abyss conceal creatures with startling biology.

The ocean is full of surprises, and scientists are still finding creatures that seem almost unreal. From tiny reef animals to ...

Thousands of never-before-seen microbe species have been found in the deepest point of the world's oceans, the Mariana Trench. These strange microorganisms are like nothing we see on the surface, ...

The most transformative deep sea finding in a generation is not a single strange animal or a record-breaking trench, but ...

The vast majority of our planet’s oceans remain unexplored, hiding secrets that challenge everything we thought we knew about ...

Few have explored the ocean’s deepest depths – but those rare few have shared images of the strangest, most mysterious ...

Traces of organisms detected in sediments from 7.5 kilometers below the ocean surface reveal how organisms living in the deep sea are engineering their own environments. Analyses of sediment cores ...

Researchers have unveiled two world-first deep-ocean landers designed to probe the origins of dark ...

Thousands of meters below the ocean's surface lurk some gigantic creatures, much larger than their shallow-water brethren. Scientists have a few hunches for why this happens, but the debate continues.

A mining-machine test on the deep-ocean floor resulted in species diversity declining by roughly 32% in the tracks of the mining equipment. Researchers worked in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone ( CCZ) ...

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