Hidden deep beneath the Indian Ocean, researchers have discovered what may be the world's oldest and largest whale graveyard, ...

Chinese scientists have discovered the world's largest "whale graveyard" in a trench deep below the Indian Ocean—and it teems ...

The deep sea is a unique "evolutionary engine," with one of the richest and most unexplored sources of genetic diversity on Earth, according to a major new study that assessed its potential to ...

Marine biologist Alan Jamieson had given up on seeing a goblin shark in its underwater home. After all, they live thousands ...

By Marta Serafinko June 19 (Reuters) - A pill bug dwelling under a garden pot curls its body into a tiny armored ball as self ...

Researchers have documented the first two live observations of the rare deep-sea goblin shark (Mitsukurina owstoni) in its ...

The Trump administration will dismantle a $368 million monitoring system that provides critical data on the world’s oceans, ...

Fish species living in the deep sea feature a surprisingly large range of body shapes that evolved in different ways and at different rates depending on where the fishes live in the ocean, new ...

From deep sea ghost sharks to symbiotic worms and unusual crustaceans, scientists have identified 1,121 new marine species in a single year through the Ocean Census initiative.

Deep-sea researchers uncovered more than 500 million unique genes and a promising protein that could improve DNA sequencing ...

Meet the “ghost fish,” a phantom of the abyss. Here’s how we found the first ever proof of its existence just a few years ago. The deep sea is a part of the world that very few humans get the chance ...

Building everything necessary for fighting climate change is going require metal. There's plenty on the ocean floor. But extracting it is controversial because it involves deep sea mining. Building ...