Recent scientific expeditions have unveiled a trove of new species dwelling at the bottom of the ocean, including a carnivorous “death ball” sponge in the Southern Ocean. In a separate deep-sea ...

Now, scientists in the Indian Ocean have discovered an enormous whale graveyard. The collection of bones and communities ...

The researchers saw many strange animals — many believed to be new to science — living off the whale carcasses.

At the bottom of the Mariana Trench, roughly 10,935 meters below the Pacific surface, water temperatures hover just above ...

A Chinese submersible has discovered thousands of worms and mollusks nearly 10 kilometers (six miles) below sea level in the Mariana Trench, the deepest colony of creatures ever observed, a study ...

An unusual ship, the Hidden Gem, set sail in late 2022 to test a daring idea: how to mine valuable minerals on the ocean floor. An unusual ship, the Hidden Gem, set sail in late 2022 to test a daring ...

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 ...

Thriving communities that derive their energy from chemical reactions have been discovered at the bottom of deep trenches in the northwest Pacific Ocean. The presence of these chemosynthetic ...