The ocean is full of some incredibly odd creatures. It feels like the further you go down, the stranger and more alien-like ...

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

Forget photosynthesis—these marine communities rely on chemosynthesis to survive in darkness, and under intense pressure.

Scientists discovered thriving deep-sea communities powered by chemicals in ocean trenches over 31,000 feet deep.

Researchers have discovered a highly specialized community of sea creatures living 6 miles beneath the ocean surface—deeper ...

In the cold darkness deep beneath the waves of the Arctic Ocean, a hidden barrier appears to separate the haves from the have ...

Mesopelagic fish, long overlooked in ocean chemistry, are now proven to excrete carbonate minerals much like their shallow-water counterparts—despite living in dark, high-pressure depths. Using the ...

Gathering minerals such as nickel, cobalt, manganese and lithium from the seabed could affect everything from sponges to ...

A recent 8.8-magnitude earthquake triggered tsunami warnings across the Pacific, forcing cruise ships into emergency mode.

These are still early days. Current thinking is that the deep sea could supply some of the metals powering modern technological innovations, including those in the green energy transition. However ...