In the ocean’s deepest abyss, a world of bizarre and dangerous creatures thrives where sunlight never reaches. The Mariana Trench, a vast expanse stretching 2,500 kilometers with depths plunging over ...

The Mariana Trench, located in the Pacific Ocean, is the deepest known part of the Earth's oceans, plunging nearly 36,000 ...

A new autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) imaged a previously unexplored portion of the seafloor in ultra-deep waters near the Mariana Trench. Operationalizing this technology for the first time ...

Robotic sucker can adapt to surroundings like an actual octopus Gripping and releasing irregular surfaces is harder than it might seem.

An 8-year-old Henrico boy with a passion for octopuses has the chance to win $20,000 and a special adventure with Ranger Rick magazine through a national contest — and he needs your help.

Scientists used an autonomous underwater vehicle to image previously unexplored, ultra-deep waters near the abyss of the ...

A female blanket octopus has to be up there as one of the most spectacular sea creatures to see alive in the wild. Growing to the length of an adult human, they trail an iridescent rainbow skirt as ...

The smallest species of whale tricks its predators by gushing gallons of red fluid into the water when under attack.