Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with ...

A new autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) imaged a previously unexplored portion of the seafloor in ultra-deep waters near ...

The bold question-askers at What If explore what happens when humans dump 3.5 billion tons of trash into the deep ocean.

Case in point: Scientists from Tokyo University and Hokkaido University in Japan stumbled across some mysterious jet-black ...

Amanda Dedicatoria described towering hydrothermal vents rising from the ocean floor like underwater skyscrapers. Just hours ...

Recent advances in technology have made deep-sea mining more feasible. But removing the nodules - which also requires pumping ...

In the South China Sea, off China’s Hainan Island, researchers dropped the carcass of a cow about 5,340 feet down to the ...

This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network, where Elizabeth Claire Alberts is a fellow. On ...

Pacific sleeper sharks were spotted in the South China Sea - 1,800 miles from home - offering new clues about deep-ocean ...

Human waste, mostly plastic, was found in abundance at the deepest part of the Mediterranean called the Calypso Deep, 3.1 ...

A space burial mission by a German startup, intended to send the ashes of 166 people into orbit, ended in tragedy when the ...

Scientists are still investigating the potential dangers. Researchers make stunning discovery in deepest ocean trench on ...