The world's oceans are big and dark and deep. They cover approximately 70% of the planet’s surface and contain a huge portion of Earth’s biodiversity. If you want to find some of the weirdest ...

A new deep-sea coral species in the tropical western Pacific that resembles a highly recognizable character from Star Wars has been discovered and named by a team of researchers including an expert ...

The Mariana Trench has long captured the public's imagination. Here are some facts about one of the Earth's great wonders. Q. What is the Mariana Trench? The trench is the deepest place on Earth, ...

A Chinese submersible has discovered thousands of worms and molluscs nearly 10 kilometres (six miles) below sea level in the Mariana Trench, the deepest colony of creatures ever observed, a study ...

Researchers descended more than 35,700 feet (10,900 meters) below sea level to collect biological samples that revealed surprising diversity. And also trash. Reading time 3 minutes Earth’s hadal zone ...

OPINION: The lack of proven commercially viable ores, the immaturity of crust mining technology and the potential to harm marine life make this a foolhardy endeavor, Andrew D. Thaler writes.

The latest dive reached 10,927m (35,849ft) beneath the waves - a new record An American explorer has found plastic waste on the seafloor while breaking the record for the deepest ever dive. Victor ...

Like most deep-sea biologists, I have a large collection of decorated Styrofoam cups. A couple dozen line the bookshelf of my office, each displaying a rainbow of Sharpie colors. Each cup is ...

'Percy Jackson and The Olympians' Season 2 trailer takes us to the Sea of Monsters Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff, and Lindsay Mendez dish on bringing 'Merrily We Roll Along' from stage to screen ...

Deepest Ocean Trench: The Mariana Trench is the deepest ocean trench in the world. It represents the lowest and darkest part of Earth’s oceans, reaching depths that are deeper than the height of Mount ...

Sonar mapping of the Challenger Deep by the DSSV Pressure Drop employing a Kongsberg SIMRAD EM124 multibeam echosounder system (26 April – 4 May 2019) The highest known pressure in the deep oceans ...