Off the volcanic ridges of the Eastern Pacific, deep beneath the surface where sunlight never reaches, a team of researchers ...

New footage from a Japanese fishing vessel captures a live giant squid at the ocean's surface, an encounter so unusual that ...

Dive into the deep! See 25 massive sea creatures caught on camera, from blue whales to colossal squid. Explore rare footage ...

Marine animals living in the cold, dark depths of the ocean are interconnected across the world by a hidden “superhighway”, a groundbreaking new study suggests. The research, published in the journal ...

Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with a sudden wave of volcanic sediment, leaving them suffocated. Four months ...

Hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor host a broad range of rare and unusual ecosystems. They can be spread far apart, yet there is often overlap among the creatures that inhabit them. Researchers, ...

For all of humanity’s ventures to outer space, we’ve yet to see 99.999% of the deep-sea floor. In the latest subaquatic news, researchers discovered some 4,000 marine species, 88% of which were new ...

Discover the fascinating world of deep sea creatures that look almost unreal. From glowing anglerfish and transparent ...

Living nearly 900 meters underwater, this isopod evolved unusual adaptations to thrive in the world’s most food-scarce ...

Thousands of meters below the ocean's surface lurk some gigantic creatures, much larger than their shallow-water brethren. Scientists have a few hunches for why this happens, but the debate continues.

You may have read that the deep sea is a very different environment from the land and shallow water. There is no light, it is very cold, and the pressure of all the water above is immense. Plants ...