RECENT discoveries have identified 866 new marine species, including sharks, lobsters, corals, and deep-sea sponges, as part ...

Organisms in the deep sea rely on gravity flows to lay down sediment and then make burrows beneath the seafloor, according to a new study.

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SHENZHEN, China, March 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The latest scientific research at the deepest part of the ocean has revealed something extraordinary - biodiversity is extensive and flourishing despite ...

Among the myriad creatures that populate our ocean, some stand out as having an outsized impact on the marine environment—shaping and maintaining habitats that themselves sustain countless other forms ...

Just 6 kilometers (about 4 miles) of briny water separate the ocean's surface from the depths known as the hadal zone.

Waste generated by human activities has now reached the deepest point in the Mediterranean: the 5,112-meter-deep Calypso Deep ...

In the dark of the deep ocean floor, where sunlight seldom reaches ... the colonies provide food and shelter for marine life and are essential for ocean health. And now the humble sponge is ...

“The disruption may be permanent, at least on human life scales,” she said ... Vescovo said you can’t really find them on the ocean floor. “So deep-sea mining is an extremely difficult ...