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

The deep ocean is a world of crushing pressure, freezing temperatures, and eternal darkness. For most of history, scientists ...

Scientists have filmed odd communities of life flourishing deeper in the ocean than ever before. The chemosynthesis-based ...

Discovery of deep-sea chemosynthesis-based communities suggests more life forms exist in unexplored ocean depths, according to a study by Chinese researchers ...

A Chinese-led research team captures pictures of life at depths of more than 9km in the northwest Pacific Ocean.

(Reuters) -Scientists diving to astounding depths in two oceanic trenches in the northwest Pacific have discovered thriving ...

And no, we’re not talking about sharks. It’s the depths of the ocean, an impenetrably dark and crushing place where, somehow, ...

The findings extend the previously known limits for chemosynthesis-based animal communities by nearly a quarter, with the ...

Indian geochemist Shamik Dasgupta was among the scientists who descended into the trenches in a submersible and observed the creatures living under crushing pressures, near-freezing temperatures, and ...

Using an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), researchers were able to view the seafloor of the Mariana Trench for the first time in human history.

Scientists have been left gobsmacked after finding thousands of sea creatures flourishing almost six miles underwater in the ...