I recently participated in a three-week-long, National Science Foundation-funded research cruise to the Mariana Trench. Our ...

The hadal zone, which encompasses the deepest parts of the ocean, including ... making hadal trenches important sites for carbon burial in the deep sea. The variability in organic carbon ...

The deepest parts of the ocean remain one of the most mysterious frontiers on Earth, hiding creatures that defy expectations. In a recent discovery, scientists have ... Continue Reading → ...

Scientists discovered the 1-foot-long animal while aboard a submersible several miles deep in the Pacific Ocean. Take a look.

While on a shark research expedition off the coast of Tenerife, marine biologists said they captured the first images of an adult black seadevil anglerfish alive near the ocean’s surface.

Despite its isolation, the Mariana Trench is tainted by pollution, with microplastics found even in its remote depths, ...

The deepest regions of Earth's oceans, known as the abyssal and hadal zones, lie at least as far under the water's surface as ...