Cruising at a depth of 8,336 meters (over 27,000 feet) just above the seabed, a young snailfish has become the deepest fish ever filmed by scientists during a probe into the abyss of the northern ...

An underwater voyage has revealed a network of creatures thriving at the bottom of deep-sea ocean trenches. In these extreme environments, the crushing pressure, scant food, and lack of sunlight can ...

This work was supported by the Pulitzer Center. On July 22, 2024, a team of researchers released a shocking discovery: Deep-sea rocks appear to be producing oxygen in the blackness of the ocean’s ...

Marine researchers exploring extreme depths say they have discovered an astonishing deep-sea ecosystem of chemosynthetic life that’s fueled by gases escaping from fractures in the ocean bed. The ...

Strange organisms that get their energy from chemical reactions instead of the sun have been discovered at the bottom of ocean trenches up to 31,000 feet deep in the northwest Pacific between Russia ...

NEW YORK – An underwater voyage has revealed a network of creatures thriving at the bottom of deep-sea ocean trenches. In these extreme environments, the crushing pressure, scant food and lack of ...

A recent Schmidt Ocean Institute expedition off the coast of Uruguay discovered at least 30 suspected new species and explored a sunken warship.

The mysteries of our ocean are not fully understood. The deepest, darkest areas may conjure up ideas of monsters like the megalodon from the Jason Statham movie. Though there are creepy creatures down ...