The deep sea is home to many different animals, some of which you may have never heard of before. One example is the ...

Mother Ocean Day is Saturday, May 9, so here’s a few facts about our waters.

All of Earth's deepest ocean trenches are located in the Pacific Ocean, a result of intense tectonic plate subduction. These ...

Microplastics are so pervasive they have even been discovered in the deepest known part of the ocean: the Mariana Trench. While it has been long understood that microplastics exist on the surface of ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The ocean covers more than 70% of Earth's surface, yet remarkably, we’ve explored only about 5% of it. Despite this mystery, what we do know reveals just how vital — and ...

Scientists exploring deep underwater canyons off the coast of Western Australia uncovered a hidden world packed with bizarre ...

Many marine species are no strangers to the depths of the oceans. Some animals, like certain sharks, tuna, or turtles, routinely perform extreme dives, whereas for other species such behavior has been ...

A recent study uncovered the extensive depths to which plastic particles are polluting our oceans, raising concerns over greater environmental effects. As explained by Down to Earth, a study published ...

At dusk, the greatest migration of biomass on Earth unfolds through the oceans in near silence, largely unnoticed. Trillions of often tiny creatures – zooplankton, krill, lanternfish – rise in ...

"Field Museum Associate Curator of Zoology and specialist in cephalopod mollusks, Janet Voight, has partnered with Peggy Macnamara, Artist-in-Residence at the Museum, to provide readers with an ...