Deep-sea fish thrive in extreme pressure, darkness, and pollution, revealing new survival mechanisms and threats.

A new effort to map the ocean floor funded by the Office of Naval Research uses the magic of mathematics and the power of ...

Seismic readings of the interior of Mars strongly suggest large quantities of water buried 6 to 12 miles underground.

Researchers descended more than 35,700 feet (10,900 meters) below sea level to collect biological samples that revealed ...

The ocean covers nearly three-quarters of our planet but scientists say we have barely scratched the surface of what lives in ...

Ever wondered how much of our vast, mysterious oceans we’ve uncovered? Spoiler alert: not nearly as much as you’d think!

On Wednesday’s Access Utah, host Tom Willams interviewed Susan Casey, author of "Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean." Casey works to help answer the unknown questions of the Earth's ...

For his latest work, choreographer Wayne McGregor starts in the depths: of the ocean, of space, of darkness. What he finds there ranges from earnest isolation to playful jellyfish. Across 70 ...

Initially, Mortimer was not going to head out with the taxonomists and their extensive robotic operations to explore the depths of our largest ocean. She began instructing the scientists how to ...

Fedortsov identified the blob as a smooth lumpsucker, a species of marine ray-finned fish that grows to over a foot long and resides in the depths. The Lovecraftian critter caused quite a stir ...

Maritime exploration firm Ocean Infinity has resumed the hunt for the missing plane, Malaysian transport minister Anthony Loke said Tuesday. Loke told reporters contract details between Malaysia and ...

The "twilight zone" refers to a slice of the ocean between 200 and 1,000 meters below the surface, where sunlight is nearly absent and photosynthesis does not occur. Also known as the mesopelagic ...