Deep-sea researchers captured rare footage of the bumpy snailfish, an unusual species living approximately 62 miles off California's coast.

At a remote and barren Sahara desert site in Niger, scientists have unearthed fossils of a new species of Spinosaurus, among the biggest of the meat-eating dinosaurs, notable for its large ...

This month, Scripps Institution of Oceanography alumna and NASA astronaut Jessica Meir embarked on her second journey to the ...

A new study on deep-sea biodiversity revealed over 500 new species — and it couldn't have come at a more critical time.

Recent studies challenge long-standing beliefs about vertebrate vision with the discovery of a novel visual system in deep-sea fish, while a groundbreaking fossil find in Niger reveals a remarkable ...

Scientists have captured footage of a sleeper shark farther south than ever before, suggesting Antarctica’s Southern Ocean is ...

In a discovery that has surprised marine scientists, researchers have recorded what is believed to be the first-ever sighting ...

Half of Earth’s oceans are more than 3.2km deep. Beneath them lie cavernous plains untouched by sunlight, vast gaping trenches made by Earth’s tectonic plates shifting, and ranges of underwater ...

For more than a century, biology textbooks have stated that vision among vertebrates - people included - is built from two clearly defined cell types: rods for processing dim light and cones for ...

Drillship Çağrı Bey to begin drilling Curad-1 about 370 km off Mogadishu Operation marks Turkey’s first deepwater drilling mission abroad Move follows growing Turkey–Somalia energy cooperation since ...

BEIJING -- A deep-sea exploration AI model developed by a collaborative team, led by Chinese scientists, was launched this week as part of a major international scientific project, which is expected ...

A consortium led by U.S. oil major Chevron signed exclusive lease agreements on Monday to look for natural gas off southern ...