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

Deep-sea researchers uncovered more than 500 million unique genes and a promising protein that could improve DNA sequencing technology.

The researchers saw many strange animals — many believed to be new to science — living off the whale carcasses.

Scientists Found Millions of Whale Skeletons in One Deep Ocean Trench and Can't Fully Explain It ...

People have long wondered what life was first like on Earth, and if there is life in our solar system beyond our planet. Scientists have reason to believe that some of the moons in our solar ...

The ocean floor is covered with dead whales–but it is everything but a biohazard. When a whale dies, its body sinks to the ocean floor in a process called whale fall. The carcass then becomes its own ...

Noise pollution from deep-sea mining carries an invisible risk for sea life, warn researchers, urging greater transparency from the industry to help mitigate the harms. Noise in the deep ocean can ...

One whale’s unfortunate death can be an entire ecosystem’s blessing, recent research shows. A large international team of marine researchers monitored the seafloor surrounding the corpse of a whale ...

Scientists have unearthed marine communities thriving on a millions-year-old whale graveyard. These graveyards form when whale carcasses fall to the sea floor, becoming a sustaining snack for nearby ...

Deep-sea mining is the extraction of minerals from the seabed in the deep ocean. Most of the interest is in what are known as polymetallic nodules, which are potato-sized mineral deposits that have ...