Twenty-four species of deep-sea crustacean, all previously unknown to science, have been formally described from the ...

A deep-sea expedition off the coast of Brazil has turned up dozens of previously unknown species, including a glowing ...

A remarkable deep-sea expedition uncovered an unexpected underwater archive that could transform scientists' understanding of ...

Deep oceans contain microbes with yet-to-be-discovered properties that could drive future innovations in biotechnology.

Tiny, invisible swirls and twirls—not much bigger than a coin—deep below the ocean's surface are silently shaping some of the ...

A new study suggests that deep-sea life reaps the benefits of icebergs’ castoffs — a rare silver lining as a warming planet ...

Noise pollution from deep-sea mining carries an invisible risk for sea life, warn researchers, urging greater transparency from the industry to help mitigate the harms. Noise in the deep ocean can ...

Scientists have traced the fish genus Cyclothone much further back in time by studying tiny teeth preserved in seafloor ...

Far below the sunlit surface of the Pacific Ocean lives a fish that seems to challenge ordinary ideas about anatomy. Known as ...

China is building a deep-sea station 6,500 feet underwater in the South China Sea, and the alien world of creatures already ...

Deep-sea mining is the extraction of minerals from the seabed in the deep ocean. Most of the interest is in what are known as polymetallic nodules, which are potato-sized mineral deposits that have ...