A gigantic iceberg cracked off Antarctica on Jan. 13, revealing a swath of ocean that had not seen daylight in decades. Researchers decided to search the seafloor under the freshly exposed ocean. What ...

Microbial life thrives in some of the most extreme environments on Earth. Bacteria, archaea, and other microorganisms inhabit ...

It’s the kind of event that when it happens, you leave whatever you’re doing,” said Patricia Esquete, the expedition’s chief scientist.

The blobfish is specially adapted to life in the deep ocean, but it looks like a shapeless blob when brought to the surface.

The discovery of dark oxygen has shifted our understanding of the deep sea and potentially life on Earth. But we still don’t ...

No matter how finicky a traveler one might be, there’s a USA holiday destination to suit every sort of personality.

The ecosystem is home to seamounts, hydrothermal vents, deep-sea trenches and species found only in its freezing water. They ...

Neutrinos may be the key to quantum gravity, potentially leading to a unified theory combining quantum mechanics and general relativity.

Singapore has achieved a new global first—an underwater art gallery at an extraordinary depth of around 4.3 miles (7 kilometers). Three stainless-steel cubes, designed by Singaporean artist Lakshmi ...

Once dubbed the "world's ugliest animal," the blobfish – scientific name Psychrolutes marcidus – has been named New Zealand's ...

Separately, the researchers also developed a soft gripper, which can be attached to a rigid robot. It was tested in the South ...

As companies seek to extract critical minerals used in electric vehicle batteries and other green technologies from the deep ...