A new study analyzes the evolutionary history of 11 deep-sea species from environments stretching from the central Indian ...

In the depths of the ocean, where there’s no sunlight and the pressure could crush a submarine, a handful of animals have ...

The deep sea, covering approximately 65% of Earth's ... Creatures such as the hadal snailfish not only survive in this extreme environment but have also formed unique ecosystems.

Deep-sea fish adapt to some of the most extreme conditions on Earth. New research analyzing their evolution finds the same ...

Despite different timelines for making the deep sea their home, all the fishes studied living below 9,800 feet (3,000 m) showed the same type of mutation in the Rtf1 gene, which controls how DNA ...