The deep sea, covering approximately 65% of Earth's surface, has long been considered a biological desert. In this extreme ...

Shanghai Jiao Tong University along with multiple collaborating institutions including the University of Copenhagen and ...

Researchers descended more than 35,700 feet (10,900 meters) below sea level to collect biological samples that revealed ...

An exploratory expedition describes two deep-sea, low-oxygen ecosystems in the Red Sea, including some surprising fish. The ...

The first phase of the MEER research was a joint effort of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the Institute of Deep-sea Science ...

Researchers have uncovered over 7,500 new microbial species in the hadal zone, highlighting the extreme environmental ...

Mining of polymetallic nodules from the seabed might lead to significant and long-lasting ecological changes -- both in the mined area, where surface sediments and the fauna living in and on it are ...

Hidden in the abyss of the Atacama Trench, Dulcibella camanchaca reveals itself as a unique predator adapted to the darkness.

Given the extreme conditions of the hadal zone, scientists were surprised by ... that help them withstand the harsh conditions of the deep sea. Interestingly, each sample site had its own distinct ...

The sea cucumber’s color is “unique,” researchers said, and its smaller number of tentacles (15 compared to 18 found in other related species) sets the animal apart. The species earns its name from a ...

Just 6 kilometers (about 4 miles) of briny water separate the ocean's surface from the depths known as the hadal zone.