Under-sea mountains are key locations for predators -- with 41 times more sharks than the open ocean, new research shows.

Eelpouts are primarily bottom-dwelling species, found in deep trenches or around hydrothermal vents in some of the planet’s ...

We review Deep Shelf, the second board game offering from publisher Ninth Haven Games. Deep Shelf is an economic game that ...

What creatures lurk in the pitch-black oceans of Challenger Deep? The deepest part of the Earth’s oceans is a portion of the ...

Deep subsurface microbes are highly diverse, challenging assumptions about life in low-energy environments. This discovery ...

Scientists have discovered that deep trenches on Uranus’ moon Ariel might be pathways for material from its interior to reach ...

It’s a good day to be a marine biologist: a bundle of new species has been found living among the deep-sea methane seeps off ...

I recently participated in a three-week-long, National Science Foundation-funded research cruise to the Mariana Trench. Our ...

The veteran HOV can now officially dive deeper into the sea, broadening the horizons of scientific discoveries under the ...

The deepest regions of Earth's oceans, known as the abyssal and hadal zones, lie at least as far under the water's surface as ...

Despite its isolation, the Mariana Trench is tainted by pollution, with microplastics found even in its remote depths, ...

The Izu-Ogasawara Trench is a deep oceanic trench. It’s one of the most challenging places to explore. The depth of 8,336 meters is extraordinary. No other fish has been recorded at such a depth ...