The deep sea, covering approximately 65% of Earth's surface, has long been considered a biological desert. In this extreme ...

Mining of polymetallic nodules from the seabed might lead to significant and long-lasting ecological changes -- both in the mined area, where surface sediments and the fauna living in and on it are ...

Eunice siphoninsidiator, or the tube ambushing marine bristle worm, was discovered within the structure of glass sponges by a ...

Land & Sea is nearing the end of its 60th season on the air. Sixty seasons is no small feat in the fickle world of television ...

Traces of organisms detected in sediments from 7.5 kilometers below the ocean surface reveal how organisms living in the deep sea are engineering their own environments. Analyses of sediment cores ...

In 2012, three deep-sea divers were on a routine operation in the North Sea ... and then they had to relearn everything in ...

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.

Unique creatures, odd animals and new species are discovered across the planet. Some are found lurking in remote corners of the world, while others have been hiding right under our noses. Learn more ...

Some animals have been around since the time of the dinosaurs—and they’re still thriving today! Known as “living fossils,” ...

These rare deep-sea fish dwell 200 to 2,000 meters deep. The frilled shark, a rare deep-sea “living fossil,” resembles an eel and was spotted in 2007 near Japan's surface, possibly due to ...

Perhaps it makes sense that Alex Parkinson's feature debut would simply be a flip of the dimensions of his usual fare. The documentarian has long made a career out of the kind of nature documentary ...