In the Shichiyo Seamount Chain, scientists discovered coral gardens, sponge-dense habitats, and five new squat lobster ...

High pressure in the deep ocean may squeeze nutrients from sinking “marine snow,” feeding deep-sea microbes and altering how ...

Hidden in volcanic lakes and deep-sea vents, scientists have discovered tough new DNA-binding proteins built to survive extreme conditions. After scanning huge genetic databases, researchers found ...

They say just 0.001 percent of the deep ocean has been directly observed, representing a speck on our planet that’s just ...

Scientists have discovered a massive deep-sea coral reef system off the coast of Argentina that may be one of the largest on ...

Scientists found worms living inside a glass sponge castle - and that's just one of 38 new species.

Scientists discover underwater mountain ranges, golden towers of coral, and never-before-seen sea creatures.

Chinese researchers have uncovered a vibrant ecosystem10 kilometers beneath the Pacific Ocean, shattering long-held assumptions about life in extreme depths. What they found was far from the barren, ...

Picture a home so beautiful it looks like it’s made of glass—delicate, intricate, shimmering. Now imagine discovering that ...

In a world first, scientists that discovered a new type of chiton turned to social media crowdsourcing to come up with the new species' name.

With growing interest in mining critical metals from the seafloor, countries are now negotiating international rules. The ...