A robot explores the dark, cold, deep sea floor of the South Atlantic, transmitting images of vibrant coral and fish never ...

Transparent-faced fish glide through the murky depths, snow-like detritus drifts from above, and soft sponges emerge from the ...

Scientists discover sea spiders in California that cultivate bacteria on their legs to feed on underwater methane gas.

Researchers traveling along the Kuril–Kamchatka and Aleutian trenches in the northwest Pacific Ocean used a manned ...

Antarctica’s deep canyons shape oceans and climate. High-resolution maps show striking regional differences. Submarine ...

“As we face accelerated threats to the deep ocean—from climate change to potential mining and resource exploitation—this limited exploration of such a vast region becomes a critical problem ...

Scientists have revealed how much of the vast deep ocean floor humankind has observed, and it's a staggeringly small amount. According to a new study published May 7 in the journal Science ...

Strange animals found at the bottom of the ocean challenge our current understanding of life, scientists have said.

Five people died when OceanGate's Titan submersible catastrophically imploded during a deep-sea voyage to the Titanic ...

Gathering minerals such as nickel, cobalt, manganese and lithium from the seabed could affect everything from sponges to ...

Scientists have long studied organisms that thrive around hydrothermal vents. But those native to areas known as cold seeps — ...