A riotous photography collection from a recent underwater mission off the coast of Chile shows new and fascinating deep-sea ...

Scientists discover ‘thriving ecosystem’ of deep sea creatures after iceberg breaks off in Antarctica - Ecosystem could be ...

A calving iceberg exposed a region that never before had been seen by human eyes, revealing a vibrant, thriving ecosystem ...

The discovery marks the first documented case of a eunicid inhabiting deep-sea sponges. | Published March 7 | Read More | The ...

Researchers have revisited a remote site in the Pacific Ocean that was used as a test for deep-sea mining in the 1970s. They ...

In the cold, lightless Pacific Ocean deep, the seabed is scattered with metal-rich rocks coveted by miners—and huge numbers ...

A large sponge, a cluster of anemones, and other life is seen nearly 230 meters deep at an area of the seabed ... icefish, giant sea spiders, and octopus. The discovery offers new insights into ...

A planned mining method to gather critical minerals from the seafloor would create sediment plumes higher up in the water column where many creatures live.

Scientists returned to a 1979 Pacific Ocean mining test site, revealing long-term sediment changes and mixed impacts on ...

Sponges can grow very slowly ... Photograph by ROV SuBastian / Schmidt Ocean Institute Normally, deep-sea ecosystems get their nutrients from the sea surface, which sprinkle down toward the ...

While operating the deep-sea robot nearly 7,000 feet below the surface, the machine’s camera captured a creature that ...

The discovery marks the first documented case of a eunicid inhabiting deep-sea sponges. | Published March 7 | Read More | The head of an Ovophis zhaoermii, or Guanyinshan mountain pit viper.