A new study analyzes the evolutionary history of 11 deep-sea species from environments stretching from the central Indian ...

In the depths of the ocean, where there’s no sunlight and the pressure could crush a submarine, a handful of animals have ...

Children are always asking "Why?" As they experience things for the first time, it's natural to want to find out more. But as ...

In this extreme environment—particularly in the hadal zone at depths greater than 6,000 meters—organisms endure immense pressures exceeding 1 ton per square centimeter, near-freezing ...

Earth’s hadal zone includes marine regions 19,700 to 36,000 feet (6,000 to 11,000 meters) below sea level. The reference to the Greek god of the underworld, Hades, is not coincidental—these ...

[Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Relying on China's self-developed human occupied vehicle (HOV) Fendouzhe, Chinese scientists have completed an exploration of the hadal zone, the deepest part ...

Chinese scientists have identified 7,564 species of prokaryotic microorganisms — 89.4 percent of them previously unreported — during an expedition to the hadal zone, the deepest part of the ...

Ocean depth is divided into zones: littoral, bathyal, abyssal and hadal. The deepest part of the ocean, the hadal zone, is anywhere deeper than six kilometres. What is the average depth of the ocean?