[New Paper] Meet Delectopecten thermus, a new species of Glass Scallop from a deep-sea hot vent in Okinawa Trough, Japan! We ...

Deep-sea hydrothermal vent ecosystems are unique environments found on the ocean floor, characterized by the presence of mineral-rich hot water that supports diverse biological communities.

Scientists will be able to work for up to a month in the facility that will be anchored 2,000 metres below the surface.

China has officially approved the construction of a deep-sea research facility in the South China Sea, marking a significant ...

New research has revealed that a hairy crustacean—dubbed "The Hoff crab" when it was discovered in 2010—is the first species ...

It’s hard to believe that anything could live here, but these deep-sea hydrothermal vents are teaming with life, including species yet to be discovered. In December 2016, researchers operating a ...

The veteran HOV can now officially dive deeper into the sea, broadening the horizons of scientific discoveries under the ...

The deepest regions of Earth's oceans, known as the abyssal and hadal zones, lie at least as far under the water's surface as ...

The Dutch contributing partners of the international MiningImpact3 consortium have been awarded 1.4 million euros by the Dutch Research Council (NWO).

Close to the summit of an underwater mountain west of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a jagged landscape of towers rises from the ...

Scientists studying Saturn's icy moon, Enceladus, have discovered that its ocean forms layers that slow the upward movement ...

The animals are not aliens, but giant pile worms, large marine worms that are typically found on the seafloor, but will swarm ...