The ocean covers 70% of Earth, yet only 5% has been explored. What we do know shows how vital and fascinating the oceans are ...

Into the Depths, the first 4D popular science film presented by the National History Museum of China, premiered in Beijing ...

It’s a pretty appropriate name given where H. hades lives; the trench extends down to the hadal zone, itself named after ...

And, worst of all, the pressure is so immense that even many species of weathered deep-sea marine life can't live there. So, ...

In 2019, an American explorer broke records by traveling to the bottom of the Mariana Trench, but what he found there was ...

Imagine descending into the ocean’s deep, dark twilight zone, a realm straight out of science fiction. Here, in a place where crushing pressure and eternal darkness dominate, gigantic creatures ...

The Trump administration is proposing deep cuts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, according to a draft budget proposal viewed by NPR. The agency's budget for 2026 would be ...

A team presents new details of an oceanic transform fault at the Gofar fault in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The work reveals unexpected brine deposits beneath the seafloor near the fault ...

The event is “an extraordinary reminder of their role as apex predators in the ocean.” Beyond the human instinct to root for the underdog—it was 60 against one—and our squeamishness for ...

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 ...

Newly published research has revealed that compositional rock anomalies within oceanic plates caused by ancient tectonics influence the trajectory and speed of the plates as they plunge deep into ...

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