"It was an unsolved mystery, as we know that plastic debris should remain floating on the sea surface. Now we have a deep ...

Even the Mediterranean’s deepest trench isn’t beyond our reach: new dives found human trash more than five kilometers down.

The bumpy snailfish is one of three newly identified deep-sea snailfish species described by MBARI collaborators at SUNY ...

But after years of meticulous research, teams of scientists, including MBARI senior scientist Steven Haddock, who led that ...

Could lumpy metallic rocks in the deepest, darkest reaches of the ocean be making oxygen in the absence of sunlight? Some scientists think so, but others have challenged the claim that so-called "dark ...

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 ...

An underwater voyage has revealed a network of creatures thriving at the bottom of deep-sea ocean trenches. In these extreme environments, the crushing pressure, scant food and lack of sunlight can ...

Scientists exploring the deep waters off California’s coast have discovered a new species of snailfish that is capturing attention for its adorable appearance.

Scientists who have been exploring the Red Sea have discovered natural death traps in the region now believed to be the location where Moses parted the waters. The brine pools were found 4,000 feet ...

Pakistan’s Navy claims a significant deep-sea gas reserve discovery with Chinese assistance, amidst ongoing skepticism over ...

Polymetallic nodules and an abyssal urchin - Copyright National Oceanography Centre / Smartex project (NERC)/AFP/File Handout Polymetallic nodules and an abyssal ...