A research expedition off the coast of Brazil has documented more than 30 new deep-sea species, from translucent worms to ...

Twenty-four species of deep-sea crustaceans that had never been documented before have been formally described from the ...

Chinese scientists have discovered the world's largest "whale graveyard" in a trench deep below the Indian Ocean—and it teems ...

“Imagine knowing a species exists, but never having seen it alive.” ...

Given how underexplored the Pacific Ocean is, it is not surprising that new species are being discovered every time a manned or unmanned deep-water submersible is launched to document the species ...

Benji Jones is a senior environmental correspondent at Vox, covering biodiversity loss and climate change. Before joining Vox, he was a senior energy reporter at Business Insider. Benji previously ...

For all of humanity’s ventures to outer space, we’ve yet to see 99.999% of the deep-sea floor. In the latest subaquatic news, researchers discovered some 4,000 marine species, 88% of which were new ...

By Marta Serafinko June 19 (Reuters) - A pill bug dwelling under a garden pot curls its body into a tiny armored ball as self ...

Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with a sudden wave of volcanic sediment, leaving them suffocated. Four months ...

Scientists pulled 40,000 fossil spine fragments from the deep ocean floor and traced sea urchins living there for 104 million ...

The vast array of organisms in the deep sea remains a mystery to humans. Now, marine biologists can add one more puzzle to the list. A collection of odd materials was discovered nearly four miles ...