In 1917, a civil engineer pioneered the first deep-sea vehicle to attempt filming underwater. A century later, we have James ...

On the abyssal plains, at depths between 3,000 and 6,000 meters, polymetallic nodules are scattered across millions of square ...

The deep sea, covering approximately 65% of Earth's surface, has long been considered a biological desert. In this extreme ...

Divers, underwater submersibles and remotely operated vehicles found 886 marine species over a 16-month period, and they have ...

Shanghai Jiao Tong University along with multiple collaborating institutions including the University of Copenhagen and ...

China has revealed plans to construct a deep-sea research facility at a depth of 6,000 feet beneath the South China Sea, a ...

Hidden in the abyss of the Atacama Trench, Dulcibella camanchaca reveals itself as a unique predator adapted to the darkness.

Scientists have made a never-before-seen discovery located some 36,000 feet below the surface of the Earth. Located in the ...

Challenger Deep, the Earth's deepest point, lies in the Mariana Trench. Discover its extreme conditions, exploration history, ...

YouTube channel MetaBallStudios has shared a 3D animation demonstrating just how deep the sea is compared to different lakes and seas.

The sea cucumber’s color is “unique,” researchers said, and its smaller number of tentacles (15 compared to 18 found in other related species) sets the animal apart. The species earns its name from a ...

The area of deep-sea trenches is between Africa and the Arabian ... and the Antarctic Ocean, but none at this depth.