We see a boat on the water and a deep ocean trench below it. The deepest depths of the sea are found in the crescent-shaped Mariana Trench, located in the western Pacific Ocean. But what is the ...

Efforts to expand deep-sea mining are alarming scientists and Indigenous leaders, who worry mining risks fisheries and food ...

The federal government is eyeing a potential offshore mining project near the Mariana Trench, in an area around 128 nautical ...

Imagine a place where the water is so deep that even Mount Everest, the tallest of mountains, could be swallowed whole, with its peak still submerged underwater. It might sound impossible, but there ...

The Academy Award winning filmmaker talks to THR about the documentary that traces his nearly 36,000-foot dive to Mariana Trench’s Challenger Deep, the ocean’s deepest point. By Carolyn Giardina Tech ...

How do fish survive in the extreme conditions of the deep sea—amid icy cold, darkness, and immense water pressure? A genomic study provides surprising answers: A single mutated gene might have ...

An American explorer has set a new deep-diving record in the Mariana Trench An American explorer has set a new deep diving record in the Mariana Trench, and in the process uncovered just how far human ...

Explorer and businessman Victor Vescovo descended 35,853 feet into the Pacific Ocean, breaking the record for deepest dive ever. At the very bottom, he found colorful rocky structures, weird critters ...

Down in the deep and dark abyssal depths of earth's oceans, there are still a lot of undiscovered and wild terros. The bizarre but also possibly beautiful nightmare fuel still exists in the depths of ...

Scientists have found microbial traces in deep-sea blue volcanic mud, offering crucial insights into how life may thrive in ...