Life in the deep sea is under immense pressure—literally. Such extreme conditions can disrupt the delicate structures of ...

Researchers have formally described two dozen new species of deep-sea amphipods collected from the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, a ...

Learn more about why understanding how life works in the deep sea is crucial to understanding the entire planet, and that’s never been more important. We have visually explored less than 0.001 percent ...

A suspected new species of sea star (Porcellanasteridae) rests on the seafloor at a depth of 3,961 meters. Researchers ...

A world-first study led by Museums Victoria Research Institute has revealed that beneath the cold, dark, pressurized world of the deep sea, marine life is far more globally connected than previously ...

Researchers have formally described a new species of "ghost shark," a group of deep-sea fishes known scientifically as ...

New research shows why some shelly critters flourished in the ocean’s harshest habitats — and others didn’t Jack Tamisiea Beds of Bathymodiolus mussels provide important habitat for other deep-sea ...

Scientists discovered a giant underwater mountain. And it's teeming with deep sea life. An endeavor aboard the Falkor (too) — a 363-foot (111-meter) research vessel operated by the Schmidt Ocean ...

Many deep-sea species are thought to have evolved from shallow-water ancestors, making their adaptations critical to marine biology research. Using innovative in situ sampling and fixation techniques, ...

This undated image provided by the Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences shows tubeworms in an ocean trench. (Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering, ...

Thousands of genes from deep-sea marine life are being used to create new commercial products ranging from pharmaceuticals to cosmetics. Genes are segments of DNA that provide instructions for making ...

More than 10,000 feet deep in the ocean, the seafloor is covered with what look like dark, lumpy potatoes. These polymetallic nodules, as they're known, take millions of years to form, slowly ...