Researchers are not even halfway through analyzing the thousands of samples collected from the Southern Ocean, but they've ...

Learn about the new deep-sea species discovered in the Southern Ocean, including a "death-ball" sponge that uses a deadly ...

According to research published last year, the disappearance of the bone-eating, deep-sea zombie worm could be the result of ...

The depths of the sea hold life forms that are truly beautiful, truly weird, truly friendly, and truly deadly. We have much to learn about the critters of the deep sea. The surface of the sea has its ...

An underwater voyage has revealed a network of creatures thriving at the bottom of deep-sea ocean trenches, researchers said in a newly published paper. The deep-sea trenches, also called Hadal ...

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Thousands of meters below the ocean's surface lurk some gigantic creatures, much larger than their shallow-water brethren. Scientists have a few hunches for why this happens, but the debate continues.

Marine researchers exploring extreme depths say they have discovered an astonishing deep-sea ecosystem of chemosynthetic life that’s fueled by gases escaping from fractures in the ocean bed. The ...

Humanity has only explored 0.001% of the deep sea, according to a May 2025 study.Getty Images Reporter The Trump Administration signed an executive order late last month aiming to fast-track approval ...