Six animals pulled from the deep ocean were so biologically distinct that researchers had to create entirely new taxonomic ...

A new study reveals how deep-sea isopods survive years without food using giant stomachs, slow metabolism and a gene that ...

Chinese scientists have discovered the world's largest "whale graveyard" in a trench deep below the Indian Ocean—and it teems ...

Researchers have formally described an entirely new superfamily and family of crustacean from the abyssal Pacific, a ...

By Marta Serafinko June 19 (Reuters) - A pill bug dwelling under a garden pot curls its body into a tiny armored ball as self ...

Researchers found a huge whale graveyard dating back millions of years, with fossils, modern carcasses and deep-sea ...

Scientists warn deep-sea mining recovery depends on habitat, and some losses in vents and seamounts may be irreversible.

Researchers from the Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering (IDSSE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in ...

Scientists have unearthed communities of marine life — including jellyfish, tubeworms and brittle stars — thriving on a ...

While scientists have known that tiny microbes have been prospering in the deepest, darkest parts of the ocean, a new voyage has uncovered stunning proof of larger marine life. This undated image ...

Rules on deep-sea mining in international waters must be driven by "sound science" and built on consensus, the head of the body charged with regulating the divisive practice said Thursday. Deep-sea ...