Explore 25 deep sea discoveries that reveal Earth's most alien ecosystems. From chemosynthetic vents to transparent-headed ...

Researchers cataloguing life on the floor of the central Pacific have described 24 previously unknown deep-sea species, and ...

New research suggests deep-sea vent metals powered early metabolism before enzymes existed, revealing how life may have begun making essential molecules on Earth.

New research shows why some shelly critters flourished in the ocean’s harshest habitats — and others didn’t Jack Tamisiea Beds of Bathymodiolus mussels provide important habitat for other deep-sea ...

Learn more about why understanding how life works in the deep sea is crucial to understanding the entire planet, and that’s never been more important. We have visually explored less than 0.001 percent ...

This undated image provided by the Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences shows tubeworms in an ocean trench. (Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering, ...

The deep sea is a dark, cold place. It's just a few degrees above freezing, subject to immense pressure, and beyond the reach of the sunlight needed for photosynthesis. The life that does survive in ...

A world-first study led by Museums Victoria Research Institute has revealed that beneath the cold, dark, pressurized world of the deep sea, marine life is far more globally connected than previously ...

Researchers say the polymetallic nodules that mining companies hope to harvest from the deep-ocean seafloor may be a source of oxygen for the animals, plants and bacteria that live there. This ...

Scientists discovered a giant underwater mountain. And it's teeming with deep sea life. An endeavor aboard the Falkor (too) — a 363-foot (111-meter) research vessel operated by the Schmidt Ocean ...

Thousands of genes from deep-sea marine life are being used to create new commercial products ranging from pharmaceuticals to cosmetics. Genes are segments of DNA that provide instructions for making ...

A new study traces a vast share of the deep North Atlantic’s oxygen supply to the Labrador Sea, revealing its critical role ...