There's always a lot going on in the deep ocean, but anyone who had “carnivorous 'death-ball' sponge” on their bingo card for ...

While discovering new microbial organisms is interesting, finding larger animals is even more thrilling. Over 25,000 feet ...

Scientists have discovered 30 new species in the deep recesses of the Southern Ocean, including iridescent scale worms and a ...

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 ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The Titanic lies about 12,500 feet under the ocean surface. The pressure down there ...

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 ...

KODIAK — For the team aboard the Okeanos Explorer off the coast of Alaska, exploring the mounds and craters of the sea floor along the Aleutian Islands is a chance to surface new knowledge about life ...

Hadal trenches, with their deepest locations situated in the so-called hadal zone, the deepest parts of the ocean in water depth >6km, are the least-explored environment on Earth, linking the Earth's ...