The Pacific Ocean is home to some of the deepest points on the planet. In fact, four of the top six deepest spots in the world can be found in the Pacific. The Pacific's basin is uniquely low, which ...

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, ...

An underwater voyage has revealed a network of creatures thriving at the bottom of deep-sea ocean trenches, researchers said in a newly published paper. The deep-sea trenches, also called Hadal ...

Taam Ja reveals a 274-meter abyss in Chetumal Bay, the second-deepest blue hole on the planet and a mystery hidden beneath ...

Explorers know that the Earth’s oceans are vast, covering about 71% of the surface of the globe. According to a new study, just 0.001% of the deep seafloor has been visually observed. The deep ocean ...

Researchers have discovered a highly specialized community of sea creatures living 6 miles beneath the ocean surface—deeper than any found before. Reading time 2 minutes Researchers recently dove more ...

The bottom of the Calypso Deep, a 5,112-metre deep depression in the Ionian Sea, contains one of the highest concentrations of marine debris in the deep ocean: it is yet another testimony to the ...

This study is led by Dr. Junwei Cao and Prof. Jiasong Fang et al. from the College of Oceanography and Ecological Science, Shanghai Ocean University. Microbial ectoenzymes play essential roles in the ...

NHMAIN copy has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Gift of Alan R. Kabat. Fewer people have been to the deepest part of the ocean than have been to the moon. Even now, the vast majority of ...

Researchers have uncovered surprising evidence that the deep ocean’s carbon-fixing engine works very differently than long ...