A team of scientists announced Tuesday they have developed new deep-sea landers specifically to test their contentious ...

A team of scientists announced today that they have developed new deep-sea landers specifically to test their contentious discovery that metallic rocks at the bottom of the ocean are producing “dark ...

Startling findings in 2024 suggested that metallic nodules on the sea floor produce oxygen and might support life. Now ...

The most transformative deep sea finding in a generation is not a single strange animal or a record-breaking trench, but ...

Recent scientific expeditions have unveiled a trove of new species dwelling at the bottom of the ocean, including a carnivorous “death ball” sponge in the Southern Ocean. In a separate deep-sea ...

The Marianna Trench is the deepest area of the ocean, and therefore one of the most mysterious underwater regions in the world. The Mariana Trench Environment and Ecology Research expedition (MEER) ...

(CNN) — Marine researchers exploring extreme depths say they have discovered an astonishing deep-sea ecosystem of chemosynthetic life that’s fueled by gases escaping from fractures in the ocean bed.

Despite crushing pressure, total darkness and near-freezing temperatures, researchers found an underwater world teeming with ...