Scientists have found a hidden world deep beneath the Arctic Ocean that is changing how we understand life in the deep sea ...

Far below the ocean’s surface, where sunlight disappears and pressure reaches crushing levels, some of the planet’s strangest life forms thrive. These deep-sea creatures have evolved in total darkness ...

Scientists discovered deep Arctic methane mounds that release gas, shape ecosystems, and inform climate risks.

Far below the surface of the Red Sea, in a region long associated with the Biblical story of Moses parting the waters, ...

Far below the Pacific, a volcano long written off as geologically dead has turned out to be both active and teeming with life ...

The deep sea, encompassing the vast, dark, and high-pressure regions beneath the ocean’s surface, is recognised as one of the most biodiverse yet underexplored ecosystems on our planet. Recent studies ...

Nearly a dozen miles off the California coast on a foggy October morning, a crane lifts a boxy yellow robot off the deck of the research vessel Rachel Carson and lowers it into Monterey Bay’s choppy ...

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 ...

Bone-eating zombie worms vanished from Pacific canyons during a 10-year study, raising concerns that oxygen loss is altering ...

Erik Zhivkoplias receives funding from Formas research grant 2020-01048. Robert Blasiak receives funding from Formas research grant 2020-01048. Thousands of genes from deep-sea marine life are being ...

This article was originally featured on MIT Press Reader. This article is excerpted from James Lawrence Powell’s book “Mysteries of the Deep“. When HMS Challenger set sail in 1872, some scientists ...