A surprising expedition reveals sharks thriving in the hostile environment of Kavachi, a highly active underwater volcano.

The ocean floor is typically home to dead whales, sunken ships, and long-abandoned shopping carts. Mysterious artefacts such ...

The deep sea around Antarctica just got a whole lot weirder as researchers have discovered at least 30 previously unknown ...

A team from The Nippon Foundation’s Nekton Ocean Census worked with Schmidt Ocean Institute’s ship Falkor to reach far ...

Plankton and other midwater organisms make up the first link in the marine food chain, supporting everything from small fish ...

In doing so, Paralvinella hessleri, a tiny deep-sea worm first discovered in 1989, transforms one of the deadliest substances ...

The deep sea has many new discoveries waiting for us, including a newly discovered species called the "death ball" sponge.

The Arctic Ocean is precious and unique for a number of reasons. Scientists make disturbing discovery on Arctic expedition — ...

A spherical sea sponge discovered in Antarctica, Carnivorous cladorhizid, is a carnivore, trapping and devouring live animals ...

Researchers found that eroded lava rubble beneath the South Atlantic can trap enormous amounts of CO2 for tens of millions of ...

Looking out of the Fendouzhe submersible, more than nine kilometres below the ocean surface, Mengran Du knew she was seeing ...

Meet “Chonkus,” a super-dense, fast-growing deep-sea microbe that scientists say could become a powerful new ally for capturing carbon and cleaning up emissions.