Gathering minerals such as nickel, cobalt, manganese and lithium from the seabed could affect everything from sponges to ...

While many shark species inhabit the ocean’s upper waters, some prefer its colder depths, with a few species growing to ...

The vast array of organisms in the deep sea remains a mystery to humans. Now, marine biologists can add one more puzzle to the list. A collection of odd materials was discovered nearly four miles ...

The deep seas have long captured human imagination, with their eerie, dark depths and mysterious creatures. However, what we once imagined as mythical sea monsters, such as the Kraken or giant sea ...

Dive into the ocean’s most deadly and bizarre creatures, from the Mantis Shrimp's bullet-like punch to the terrifying ...

This previously unknown symbiotic relationship helps keep methane—a major greenhouse gas—trapped in the ocean.

Researchers sequenced the knotty sea spider’s genome for the first time, revealing a missing gene that many other animals ...

From deep-diving whales to jellyfish with long trailing tentacles, these deep-sea creatures highlight how much we still have to learn about life in the ocean’s depths.

In the South China Sea, off China’s Hainan Island, researchers dropped the carcass of a cow about 5,340 feet down to the ...

Kayleigh Nicole Grant, a pro ocean diver, detailed a very close encounter with orca whales, deeming it 'some of the best 30 ...

At Caltech, researchers have turned living jellyfish into low-cost, remotely controlled ocean robots — creating real-life ...

In a video by the Ocean Exploration Trust, scientists return to a whale fall off the coast of British Columbia for the third ...