Many people may not realize, however, just how deep the mess goes (that’s a pun, get ready). According to a new study ...

A team of Chinese scientists has developed a miniature 2.7-kilogram deep-sea robot to explore the deepest natural frontier on Earth — the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean, according to a ...

A new study analyzes the evolutionary history of 11 deep-sea species from environments stretching from the central Indian ...

Researchers recently captured the first live footage of a colossal quid in its natural habitat, thousands of feet under the ...

What's at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, and how do we know? How deep does the ocean go? We'll answer these questions and ...

However, at the time only about 10% of Earth's seafloor had been mapped to high resolution, so this figure is only an estimate. Challenger Deep, in the Mariana Trench, is the deepest point in the ...

They included the first human descent to the deepest point of the Yap Trench, which is located in the western Pacific Ocean and is nearly 9,000 meters deep. This is the place where many ocean ...

Deep-sea fish adapt to some of the most extreme conditions on Earth. New research analyzing their evolution finds the same mutation across fish species that have evolved on separate timelines — ...

Scientists sampled fish living in the Pacific's Mariana Trench and trenches in the Indian Ocean. . | Credit: Han Xu et al. (2025) Evolution and genetic adaptation of fishes to the deep sea.

When Hans Hartman, a civil engineer, attempted to film the ocean depths in 1917, he pioneered what would become the first deep-sea ROV, or remotely operated vehicle. During an era of silent movies ...

The Kexue, seen in 2019, is one of China’s vessels for exploring deep waters. The ocean floor is shaping up to be the next theater of global resource competition. (Zhang Jinggang/Imaginechina/AP ...