A vast treasure trove of strange new species has been uncovered hiding deep within an unsuspecting ocean trench. Nearly 100 brand new species, previously unknown to science, were spotted during a ...

Deep-sea urchins are seen in an ocean trench near New Zealand. | New Zealand-American Submarine Ring of Fire 2005 Exploration, NOAA Vents Program, Flickr // CC BY 2.0 1. Mount Everest could fit ...

New Zealand Marine biologist Dr ... Fendouzhe after their expedition to one of the deepest regions in the ocean ... more than 1,000 km to the northeast of New Zealand. The trench is over 1,000 ...

A small group of scientists and cultural experts in New Zealand began dissecting a near-perfectly preserved spade-toothed whale hoping to ... home to some of the world’s deepest ocean trenches.

New Zealand is a whale-stranding hotspot, with more than 5,000 episodes recorded since 1840, according to the Department of Conservation. Stay Connected Like Us ...

"It is really exciting for both Chinese and New Zealand scientists to have the opportunity to comprehensively appreciate the complexity and diversity of the geo and ecosystem of the Kermadec Trench", ...

Scientists have discovered a new species of ghost shark at the bottom of the ocean near New Zealand.. The Australasian Narrow-nosed Spookfish was found in the Chatham Rise, an area of ocean floor ...

Powerful New Zealand earthquake sees South Island residents ... a 40,000-km arc of volcanoes and ocean trenches girdling much of the Pacific Ocean. ... It occurred near the Puysegur Trench, ...