Scientists discovered that extreme deep-sea pressure squeezes valuable nutrients out of sinking organic particles, providing ...

Far beneath the surface of the ocean lies the largest and least explored habitat on Earth. The deep sea is cold, dark, highly ...

Six animals pulled from the deep ocean were so biologically distinct that researchers had to create entirely new taxonomic ...

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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