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Scientists diving to astounding depths in two oceanic trenches in the northwest Pacific have discovered thriving communities ...

Researchers traveling along the Kuril–Kamchatka and Aleutian trenches in the northwest Pacific Ocean used a manned ...

The deep sea is home to weird and wonderful creatures that, over millions of years, have evolved specific traits to survive the extreme conditions of their habitat. Scientists define the deep sea ...

Study finds marine creatures off southern Australia share close evolutionary links with species in North Atlantic on other ...

Object Details Creator Smithsonian Insider Description DNA analysis has established that creatures captured during a voyage to the mid-Atlantic are members of the Torquaratoridae; a recently ...