Life in these underworlds runs on a very different timeline to Earth's bustling surface. With no sunlight, energy is sparse ...

The topic of deadly remnants from past conflicts regularly resurfaces in the media and beyond. Unfortunately, this issue ...

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Rising mountain peaks and sharp rock formations cover the ocean floor, with corals, sponges, fish, and tons of sea creatures ...

In the 1960s, the U.S. Navy was exploring the other "final frontier" -- the sea. A series of underwater habitats called "Sealabs" were constructed for scientific exploration on the ocean floor.

While NASA was trying to put a man on the moon, the Navy was quietly conducting a series of tests to see if humans could live ...

Researchers have discovered huge landforms deep beneath the North Sea that suggest the region was swallowed by a giant ice sheet toward the middle of the last ice age. The scientists captured ...

mantis shrimp enhance the ocean floor’s structure, which provides refuge for other species and facilitates nutrient recycling in marine habitats. As with many marine species, mantis shrimp are ...

But deep-sea mining is controversial. Life thousands of feet below sea level tends to be slow-growing and fragile. Even small disruptions to the ocean floor can persist for decades, and scientists ...

According to a statement from the research team behind the creature’s discovery, their seafood Sith Lord is now considered a local delicacy. They even claim that some locals have declared the deep-sea ...

A gigantic but hideous sea creature trawled from the deep waters off Vietnam has been named after Darth Vader due to its appearance.

Thirteen years ago, a satellite acquired this beautiful image (above) of light and sand playing off a portion of the ocean floor in the Bahamas. The caption that accompanied the image didn’t include ...