A newly discovered mechanism could explain the shock finding last year that oxygen is produced by metallic nodules on the seafloor – and it might be happening on other planets, too ...

The mysterious deep sea creature the Greenland shark swims around in the 'midnight zone, and new footage has revealed it in ...

The deep ocean is a vast reservoir of biodiversity that harbors unique species, communities, and ecosystems,” write the ...

2007; Fuhrman et al., 2008), but other factors may control bacterial communities in the deep dark ocean. The dark ocean comprises the water below 200 m, including the mesopelagic (200–1000 m ...

But his newest find, a smooth lumpsucker, has stolen the spotlight. Perched on the railing of his ship, the fish’s swollen, ...

Starting at roughly 200 meters and stretching to 10,000 meters deep, the deep sea is dark, cold, under intense pressure and food-scarce. The life that thrives here has adapted over millions of years ...