Researchers have formally described an entirely new superfamily and family of crustacean from the abyssal Pacific, a ...

Six animals pulled from the deep ocean were so biologically distinct that researchers had to create entirely new taxonomic ...

Researchers found a huge whale graveyard dating back millions of years, with fossils, modern carcasses and deep-sea ...

Valve founder Gabe Newell is funding a €700 million research vessel designed to explore the ocean’s deepest regions and support cutting-edge marine science.

Scientists have unearthed communities of marine life — including jellyfish, tubeworms and brittle stars — thriving on a ...

Scientists warn deep-sea mining recovery depends on habitat, and some losses in vents and seamounts may be irreversible.

Debris is still raining down on Earth more than 100 million years after the giant cosmic explosion that created it. A study published this week in Nature Astronomy by an international team reached ...

Greenland's glaciers are releasing four times more icebergs than 25 years ago as a result of climate change, with ...

The Trump administration plans to scrap a $368-million investment in deep-sea ocean monitoring that is critical to monitoring ...

From deep sea ghost sharks to symbiotic worms and unusual crustaceans, scientists have identified 1,121 new marine species in a single year through the Ocean Census initiative.