A Chinese deep-sea expedition to the Mariana Trench has uncovered an astonishing array of life forms thriving at depths once ...

Could lumpy metallic rocks in the deepest, darkest reaches of the ocean be making oxygen in the absence of sunlight?

Researchers have found new evidence for a massive subsurface ocean on Mars, again raising the possibility of microbial life.

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.

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

Biodiversity is depleted and large furrows still lie in the seabed where deep-sea mining equipment operated more than 40 years ago, in findings that suggest it will take the deep sea multiple ...

When a male anglerfish finds his mate in the pitch-black expanse of the deep sea, he uses his sharp teeth to latch onto her ...

Cosmic origins: Beryllium-10 is produced in the upper atmosphere and eventually incorporated into ferromanganese crusts in the deep ocean. Around 10 million years ... in the upper atmosphere, where it ...