A new study analyzes the evolutionary history of 11 deep-sea species from environments stretching from the central Indian ...

This impressive size is attributed to abyssal gigantism, a phenomenon where deep-sea creatures become much larger than their shallow-water counterparts. Abyssal gigantism is particularly prevalent ...

The photographs, which are of deceased creatures brought up from the deep ... and Exploration in the Abyss (Knopf, 1996). Click on any of the pictures below to see the full view.

The scientists discovered monstrous creatures in the depths ... where no other human has gone before — into the ocean abyss off Australia's eastern coast. The month-long expedition was sponsored ...

This impressive size is attributed to abyssal gigantism, a phenomenon where deep-sea creatures become much larger than their shallow-water counterparts. Abyssal gigantism is particularly prevalent ...