The Marianna Trench is the deepest area of the ocean, and therefore one of the most mysterious underwater regions in the ...

Spanning 1.7 million square miles of ocean from Hawaii to Mexico, a hidden underwater world teems with life. More than 5,500 deep-sea species reside in the area of the Pacific known as the Clarion ...

One way deep sea animals survive even under the weight of all that water is with a molecule called trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) that protects their proteins from being crushed.

“Animals that can sense these cues might dive deep, where the signals are stronger,” Thorrold says. Leatherback turtles make extreme dives only during long migrations, suggesting they might be ...

Catching deep sea creatures The deep sea is a challenging place to study wildlife, but a new foldable robotic grabber may make capturing underwater creatures a bit easier. Many deep sea animals ...

But it's one of a hundred species possibly new to science that have been found in underwater mountains off Chile. ANIMALS Meet the newest ‘walking’ fish—a bright red creature of the deep ...

Underwater light show Some deep-sea predators have a secret weapon that makes them a prey magnet: bioluminescence — or the ability to generate their own light.

An immersive new exhibition at the Intrepid Museum in New York City spotlights the science and technology behind the ...

The deep sea is difficult to visit and expensive to observe; underwater robots do not come cheap. But it’s fairly easy to drop a hydrophone overboard — along with a baited camera, to see if ...

Still, the researchers found a surprisingly rich community of deep-sea creatures that cling to the canyon's walls. For instance, about 1 mile (1.6 km) below the surface, they found brisingid ...

First evidence of deep-sea animals ingesting microplastics Date: September 30, 2016 Source: University of Bristol Summary: Scientists working in the mid-Atlantic and south-west Indian Ocean have ...