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 quietly rewritten their DNA to withstand these conditions. According to a new ...

Their residence attracts shrimp, fish and many other creatures. These deep-sea oases are just some of many areas of the ocean floor that scientists are only beginning to explore, discovering new ...

The pressure in the deep-sea increases dramatically with depth. Some organisms, like the deep-sea snailfish, have gelatinous bodies that lack swim bladders, allowing them to remain buoyant at extreme ...

Life is beginning to return to deep-sea mining tracks in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, but full recovery may be impossible. The seabed, cleared of metal-rich nodules in 1979, still shows visible ...

Deep-sea fish adapt to some of the most extreme conditions on Earth. New research analyzing their evolution finds the same mutation across fish species that have evolved on separate timelines — ...

Scientists say they've captured the first footage of a living colossal squid in the deep sea. The colossal squid is the world's largest invertebrate, but the one in this video is a baby.

In the vast darkness of the deep sea, where finding a mate can be as challenging as surviving the crushing pressure, anglerfishes have evolved one of nature’s most extraordinary reproductive ...

April 12 (Reuters) - The Trump administration is drafting an executive order to enable the stockpiling of deep-sea metals to counter China's dominance in battery minerals and rare earth supply ...

Deep-sea fish have developed unique adaptations ... researchers analyzed the DNA of 11 fishes, including snailfish, cusk-eels and lizardfish that live in the hadal zone — the region about ...

"Normally, deep-sea ecosystems get their nutrients from the sea surface, which sprinkle down toward the seafloor," said National Geographic. "But this area was covered by a 500-foot-thick icy roof ...