This bootylicious 'Patrick Star' lives alongside dozens of species we've never seen before. (ROV SuBastian/ROV ...

Three of these creatures were found after dark.

A new study has uncovered vast, previously unknown viral diversity in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone ...

A mischievous sea cucumber and 56 other newly discovered marine species are making a splash in the South Atlantic Ocean. The new creatures were discovered during an expedition of ...

A follow-up expedition to a different submarine canyon is planned for early 2027 ...

Scientists exploring one of the ocean’s least studied environments have found that human waste reached an unexplored deep-sea canyon before researchers did. During a 2025 expedition, a remotely ...

(sakchai vongsasiripat/Moment RF/Getty Images) Deep in the abyss of the Pacific Ocean, the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone is home to the world's largest accumulation of polymetallic nodules. Several ...

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In its most recent update to the Red List of threatened species, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) identified deep-sea mining as the biggest threat to a critically endangered ...

What is a "supercritical fluid" found in the deep sea?"Water boils at 100°C."This is a very common fact we even learned in ...

The researchers found that as pressure increased, PoXeR stabilized itself by assembling into groups of three, called trimers. This trimeric structure is well suited for high-pressure environments, ...

The deep sea plays a critical role in the planet’s ecosystems. The Trump administration ignores that to boost a speculative ...