After years of deep-sea sleuthing, National Geographic Explorer Katy Croff Bell has created a treasure map. It’s not drawn on ...

Unusual lifeforms can still be found in the most unexpected (and extreme) environments, from the driest deserts to boiling ...

An underwater voyage has revealed a network of creatures thriving at the bottom of deep-sea ocean trenches, researchers said in a newly published paper. The deep-sea trenches, also called Hadal ...

Far below the ocean’s surface lies a dark, freezing world that few humans have ever seen. In these extreme depths, some of ...

The deep sea is home to unusually large animals due to a phenomenon known as deep-sea gigantism, where extreme conditions ...

A Japanese research team has demonstrated that a novel microbial polyester called poly(D‑lactate‑co‑3‑hydroxybutyrate), or LAHB, can biodegrade on the deep‑sea floor while conventional bio‑based ...

Marine researchers exploring extreme depths say they have discovered an astonishing deep-sea ecosystem of chemosynthetic life that’s fueled by gases escaping from fractures in the ocean bed. The ...

The Trump administration announced this past week that it has entered talks with the Cook Islands to research and develop seabed mineral resources. The Polynesian archipelago is one of only a handful ...