In the inky blackness nearly 10,000 meters below the Pacific Ocean, scientists have discovered strange animals that may hold ...

The tiny pantheon known as the Asgard archaea bear traits that hint at how plants, animals and fungi emerged on Earth.

The Metals Company wants to be the first firm to commercially mine the seafloor. The study it funded suggests that mining ...

Dr. Lauren Smith, a marine biologist at research organization Saltwater Life, called the flotsam “an extraordinary find,” ...

The payoff could be immense, but so could the damage. A growing body of evidence is showing that deep-sea mining could be ...

The discovery In May 1925 provided fodder for the argument between creationists and evolutionary biologists, but what does the science actually say?

Have you ever wondered what secrets lie hidden in the deepest, darkest parts of the ocean? There's so much we don't know about the mysterious creatures and strange phenomena lurking down there. If you ...

A spherical sea sponge discovered in Antarctica, Carnivorous cladorhizid, is a carnivore, trapping and devouring live animals ...

A new study shows that Cleveland's famous sea monster Dunkleosteus terrelli actually had a more normal size and jaw than ...

Dunkleosteus used strong muscles, wide opening jaws, and hidden cartilage structures to bite large prey with speed and force.

These three fish are freaks, phantoms and mysteries of the deep. Here’s what we’ve learned from the rare glimpses we’ve had of their lives. The deep sea is one of Earth’s final frontiers. Given its ...