Mounted on China's manned submersibles -- Shenhai Yongshi (Deep Sea Warrior) and Fendouzhe (Striver) -- this compact robot type has completed field tests in the Mariana Trench and other deep-sea ...

Researchers have created a tiny, shape-shifting robot that swims, crawls, and glides freely in the deep sea. Developed by a ...

Separately, the researchers also developed a soft gripper, which can be attached to a rigid robot. It was tested in the South ...

The first explorers visited the trench in 1960 on a brief expedition, after which there had been no missions until Hollywood director James Cameron made the first solo trip to the bottom in 2012.

An curved arrow pointing right. On a recent expedition in the Mariana Trench, NOAA's Okeanos Explorer team spotted this sea cucumber and the unique way it swims. Produced by Grace Raver Footage ...