Recent scientific expeditions have unveiled a trove of new species dwelling at the bottom of the ocean, including a ...

An expedition records 29,556 animals in the abyssal trenches and reveals how they survive the pressure and total darkness.

Scientists Discovered "Dark Oxygen" Being Produced in Complete Darkness In 2024, researchers made a groundbreaking discovery ...

Decades after manufacturers have stopped producing a class of harmful chemicals once used in electrical equipment, traces of these chemicals have found in a deep sea trench. In a study published in ...

The newly discovered crustacean Dulcibella camanchaca is the first large, active predatory amphipod from the extreme depths of Atacama Trench. Credit: Johanna Weston, Woods Hole Oceanographic ...

Microplastics are so pervasive they have even been discovered in the deepest known part of the ocean: the Mariana Trench. While it has been long understood that microplastics exist on the surface of ...

Organisms in the deep sea rely on gravity flows to lay down sediment and then make burrows beneath the seafloor, according to a new study. Reading time 3 minutes Animals living in one of Earth’s most ...

The map highlights in yellow the zones of the Pacific Plate that are being pulled apart by the sinking tectonic plate along the Pacific Ring of Fire. TORONTO, ON – New research led by a team of ...

The mysteries of our ocean are not fully understood. The deepest, darkest areas may conjure up ideas of monsters like the megalodon from the Jason Statham movie. Though there are creepy creatures down ...