A chemical boundary in the deep sea may have helped shape abyssal ecosystem composition based on body type. The discovery has implications for how these communities could be affected by climate ...

Scientists have unveiled three previously unknown species of deep-sea sea spiders that use an unusual source of nutrition: ...

The research offers new insights on interactions between creatures on the mysterious seafloor and sheds light on the methane ...

According to the National Academy of Science the 3 new species use methane, with the help of bacteria, to get energy.

Scientists have discovered that changes in climate and water levels are reducing the ability of some ecosystems in the ...

Deep-sea mining in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean could harm ocean life including whales and dolphins, new research shows ...

Scientists on the US West Coast say they discovered three previously unknown species of deep-sea spider that could have a ...

The minerals that are being targeted form a critical part of the sea floor, and the sea floor is what life attaches to in the ...

"Many [deep-sea corals] live for hundreds of years, with some colonies living over 4,000 years," NOAA says, with latest discovery revealing nearly 84,000 individual coral mound peak features.

Deep-sea ecosystems typically rely on nutrients trickling from the surface slowly down to the seafloor. But it remains unclear how Antarctic ecosystems, covered by 150-metre-thick ...

Plans for deep sea mining are largely concentrated in the 1.7 million square mile ... Some researchers estimate another decade of research is needed to understand each type of ecosystem on the ...

The deep sea refers to the part of the ocean below 200 meters (656 ft.), at which light begins to disappear. Despite making up more than 90% of the Earth’s marine environment, much of the deep ...