An expedition records 29,556 animals in the abyssal trenches and reveals how they survive the pressure and total darkness.

When most of us picture the ocean, we imagine turquoise waves, colorful reefs, and shoals of darting fish. But that’s only the surface. Venture deeper, far below the last reach of sunlight, and you ...

The deep-sea's midnight zone, a realm of crushing pressure and absolute darkness, harbors extraordinary creatures. These ...

Learn all about the fascinating discovery of three deep-sea species, found off the coast of California, including the cute ...

Look no further than the depths of earth’s oceans to discover mind-blowing creatures that look like they come from another ...

A rare Indian octopus squid, Taningia silasii, has been discovered in the Arabian Sea, marking a significant find for ...

New research shows how deep-sea fish evolved unique body shapes depending on depth and habitat, revealing surprising ...

Museum researchers reconstructed the evolutionary history of stony corals over the past 460 million years, providing insights ...

Discover the bizarre and fascinating creatures inhabiting the ocean's dark depths. From the ear-finned Dumbo Octopus to the ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. The bottom of the ocean is cold, dark, and under extreme pressure. It is not a place suited to the physiology of us surface dwellers: At ...

Drilling for minerals deep in the ocean could have immense consequences on the tiny animals at the core of the vast ocean food web — and ultimately affect fisheries and the food we find on ...