Deep below the surface of the ocean in the South China Sea, a robot named “discovery” searched the seafloor for life. Faxian, ...

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

Dive into the depths of the ocean and discover the most bizarre sea creatures that have evolved over billions of years.

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

Life down there plays by a completely different set of rules, with creatures that have adapted in ways we can barely imagine.

Footage of a submersible capturing some intriguing footage of a pre-historic sea animal has resurfaced, as it was making its ...

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

Deep-sea mining is highly controversial partly because the deep seabed is more or less untouched and still relatively poorly ...

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 ...

Whales are a group of mammals that live in oceans. They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the ...