Earth’s oceans hold some of the least explored places on the planet, shaped over millions of years by tectonic forces that continue to shift the seafloor. Here are seven you should know.

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

Scientists have discovered the presence of chemical pollutants in some of the ocean’s deepest trenches, previously thought to be nearly untouched by human influence. In fact, they’ve found levels of ...

As part of the international deep-sea research initiative IODP3, a team from the University of Innsbruck’s Departments of ...

As part of the international deep-sea research initiative IODP3, a team from the University of Innsbruck's Departments of ...

Read full article: Whole-store sales to spin-the-wheel deals: Winter Park shops embrace Small Business Saturday NEW YORK – An underwater voyage has revealed a network of creatures thriving at the ...

Scientists at China's Beihang University developed a tiny morphable robot to explore the ocean's depths — and it's now taken a dive into the Mariana Trench. The team successfully demonstrated that its ...

In September 1972, a research vessel called the USNS Hayes discovered the deepest part of the Arctic Ocean and named it after ...

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

What appeared to be tentacles washed up on an Aberdeenshire beach are the remains of a deep-sea creature called a seven-arm ...

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

A walker spotted the remains of a seven-arm octopus, the world's largest octopus species, at Forvie National Nature Reserve ...