The supergiant bathynomid is a deep-sea isopod famous for surviving more than five years without food. Despite residing in an ...

Microeledone galapagensis, a tiny blue octopus, is new to science ...

Director Ridley Scott may have just found his next alien. An extremely deep-dwelling and spooky-looking sea creature was discovered inside a vast trench off South American shores. This discovery, ...

A new study indicates that deep-sea mining could threaten at least 30 species of sharks, rays and chimaeras, many of which are already at risk of extinction. The authors found that seabed sediment ...

Gathering minerals such as nickel, cobalt, manganese and lithium from the seabed could affect everything from sponges to whales. The long-term effects of these extractions remain uncertain Amber X.

"Arctic glacial fjords are hotspots of marine life." ...

The rare shark was recorded nearly 700 feet below the surface off Nusa Penida, an island often referred to locally as ‘Black ...

The deep sea, the planet’s most expansive and least understood ecosystem, remains largely unexplored. Yet while the deep sea may seem a dark and distant space, events underwater directly impact our ...