Cell membranes from comb jellies reveal a new kind of adaptation to the deep sea: curvy lipids that conform to an ideal shape ...

Finding microplastics and evidence of human wastewater in areas that were previously thought to be untouched by such ...

The deep sea is home to weird and wonderful creatures that, over millions of years, have evolved specific traits to survive the extreme conditions of their habitat. These adaptations to their ...

Researchers from Boston University have made a startling discovery: rocks are producing "dark oxygen" in a region currently ...

Scientists discovered a giant underwater mountain. And it's teeming with deep sea life. An endeavor aboard the Falkor (too) — a 363-foot (111-meter) research vessel operated by the Schmidt Ocean ...

Deep Sea Mining Finance (DSMF), an obscure company registered in the British Virgin Islands, recently conducted an exploratory mining operation off the coast of New Ireland province in Papua New ...

“Using the submersible Alvin, scientists encountered (an) isopod swimming 3.7 miles deep, with oar-like legs as long as your fingers, eating an unexpected food source,” according to a Sept. 11 news ...

Rocks are generating 'dark oxygen' in an area being explored for deep-sea mining. Over 12,000 feet below the surface of the sea, in a region of the Pacific Ocean known as the Clarion-Clipperton ...

A rarely seen deep sea fish resembling a serpent was found floating dead on the ocean surface off the San Diego coast and was ...

This deep-sea fish is incredibly rare, and marks only the 20th oarfish documented to have washed up in California since 1901. Thanks to the work from these locals, the fish was transported to the NOAA ...

Researchers have found 20 suspected new deep-sea species in international waters. Without protection, they may be at risk.

While mapping an unexplored seamount on the Nazca Ridge, oceanographers have discovered 20 new species and captured footage ...