Expedition 405 of the International Ocean Discovery Programme embarked on a mission to the Japan Trench, where scientists ...

While exploring the ocean in a deep-sea submersible, scientists say they discovered a flourishing ecosystem capable of ...

The creatures were found in the ocean's deepest trench zone, where documentation of such marine communities is exceptionally ...

Scientists embarked on a deep-sea drilling expedition off Japan to study the fault responsible for the devastating 2011 ...

Aboard the Chikyu — the world’s largest scientific drilling ship — 60 scientists teamed up with experienced drillers to ...

Life is amazing. It’s survived everything from asteroid impacts to ice ages to continental drift and simply continued ...

Scientists have recently uncovered a groundbreaking discovery in the ocean’s depths, revealing a new form of life that could ...

Expedition 405 drilled into Japan Trench fault, site of 2011 quake, collecting cores and data to learn how massive earthquakes and tsunamis are triggered.

The Atacama Trench, located off the coast of Peru and Chile, has become the focal point of an extraordinary new discovery. One of the deepest parts of the ocean, this region has long intrigued ...

Deep earthquakes suggest well-hydrated Mariana subduction zone On the surface, subduction zones manifest as oceanic trenches, the deepest of which is the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean.

While the deep ocean is considered one of the most important, and relatively safest, places for mercury to end up, the rates of accumulation were up to 56 times greater than prior estimates.

The enormous trench in the western Pacific Ocean near Guam is over 36,000 feet deep at its lowest depth and is part of the hadal zone.