An expedition into the deep waters off Chile and Peru surfaced with an extraordinary tally: more than 100 species that appear to be new to science, gathered from a chain of underwater mountains in the ...

In the Labrador Sea, cooling makes surface water denser, allowing it to sink and carry oxygen with it.

Scientists have uncovered an unexpected source of food in the deep ocean that could change how researchers understand both ...

From the carnivorous death ball sponge to ghostly worms that glow yellow, these recent deep-sea finds prove the ocean is far ...

Rules on deep-sea mining in international waters must be driven by "sound science" and built on consensus, the head of the body charged with regulating the divisive practice said Thursday. Deep-sea ...

From the East Pacific Rise in the Pacific Ocean to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in the Atlantic, researchers from the University of Delaware’s College of Earth, Ocean and Environment led the charge of ...

When her three-person submersible descended more than 30,000 feet into one of the Pacific Ocean’s deepest trenches, Mengran Du wasn’t sure what they would find. What she saw, she recalled, was ...

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Rising mountain peaks and sharp rock formations cover the ocean floor, with corals, sponges, fish, and tons of sea creatures clinging to their sides. Unlike mountains on land that dare climbers and ...