Dr. Luis Buatois (Ph.D.) traces a series of hexagons with his finger, following the path carved by tiny organisms millions of ...

By studying elephant seals' hunting patterns, scientists have discovered a new way to monitor deep-sea fish populations.

Northern elephant seals may hold the key to unlocking the secrets of the open ocean’s twilight zone (~200 – 1,000 meters deep). According to a new study, these deep-diving creatures can help estimate ...

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 ...

Northern elephant seals may hold the key to unlocking the secrets of the open ocean's twilight zone (~200 – 1,000 meters deep). According to a new ...

CHINA has unveiled plans for a deep-sea mega-lab that will be hidden 6,500ft down in the bitterly contested South China Sea. The underwater base will study “cold seep” ecosystems ...

One would think that a volcano was not the most hospitable place for living organisms. However, the Borealis Mud Volcano, at ...

While on a shark research expedition off the coast of Tenerife, marine biologists said they captured the first images of an adult black seadevil anglerfish alive near the ocean’s surface.

Researchers discovered the Borealis Mud Volcano, a marine biodiversity hotspot with unique geological and ecological ...

The closures followed goals laid out in the E.U.’s Deep-Sea Access Regulation, enacted in 2017, which banned bottom trawling for deep-sea species below 800 meters and required the protection of known ...

New Zealand is considering withdrawing its support for an international ban on deep-sea mining, the country's resources ...

A deep sea creature known for living hundreds of meters below the water's surface in the darkness of the deep ocean was photographed in broad daylight last week — in what researchers are saying may be ...