The most transformative deep sea finding in a generation is not a single strange animal or a record-breaking trench, but ...

Far below the ocean’s surface, where sunlight disappears and pressure reaches crushing levels, some of the planet’s strangest ...

A team of 23 researchers spent two and a half weeks at sea on the research vessel Atlantis exploring the deep sea in the Western Aleutians. They left Dutch Harbor June 15, and traveled as far west as ...

Light is a primary driver of visual evolution in shrimp, according to new FIU research published this week in Nature Communications Biology. The deep sea is a dark place, with the only light coming ...

The Trump administration announced this past week that it has entered talks with the Cook Islands to research and develop seabed mineral resources. The Polynesian archipelago is one of only a handful ...

Quick Take Achieving the first live photographs of a ginkgo-toothed beaked whale ended a 66-year mystery since the species ...

It dwells in the midnight zone. Scientists at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute identified an intriguing new deep sea species off of California. It's see-through, can glow, and nabs prey ...

A giant group of crabs filmed 1,350 feet below the surface in San Antonio Canyon. Credit: Schmidt Ocean Institute / YouTube A deep sea robot is exploring remote underwater canyons. And the biodiverse ...

Deep-sea mining targets mineral deposits on the ocean floor, typically at depths of 3,000–6,000 meters. Most attention focuses on polymetallic nodules—potato-sized rocks lying on abyssal plains—and on ...

Global negotiations over the future of the deep sea are underway this week in Kingston, Jamaica where member states of the International Seabed Authority have gathered to continue shaping a regulatory ...

SeaWorld Orlando is set to dive into the deep end with the debut of a new ride in 2026. The theme park is set to launch a groundbreaking new ride, SEAQuest: Legends of the Deep, offering visitors an ...

Clare Fieseler's and Jason Jaacks' reporting was supported by a grant from the Pulitzer Center and co-published with the Post and Courier. Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, ...