Scientists say the planned decommissioning of a valuable research vessel is part of a series of actions by the Trump ...

The colors and light of the deep sea are on full display in these photos from The Radiant Sea: Color and Light in the Underwater World. In this dark realm, coral, shrimp, sharks, jellyfish squid, ...

Cameras diving into the ocean’s abyss captured a transparent-headed creature so strange, it looks like it swam straight out of a nightmare.

In the deepest parts of the Pacific Ocean, a glowing yellow worm has mastered survival in one of the most toxic places on Earth. Bathed in arsenic and sulfide from hydrothermal vents, it neutralizes ...

UK fishermen are reporting a massive octopus bloom in the waters off southwest England. Researchers found a massive ...

Fish and other marine organisms, though deeply affected by human activities, don’t respect human borders. The ranges of many ...

There are presently only a few countries with deep sea exploration capabilities, including the United States, Russia, China, ...

Where others might have pulled their small child away from the tumbling whitewater, her mother instead recognized her ...

Physio-logging, the measurement of physiological parameters using electronic sensor devices, can play a vital role in advancing our understanding of animal eco-physiology. More wide-spread use of ...

The adaptive mechanisms of sponge microbiomes to harsh deep-sea environments, including hydrothermal vents and cold seeps, remain unclear. Here, we used metagenomics to investigate the microbiome of ...

Scientific efforts are getting microscopic on the biggest algal bloom in Australia’s history to see if it hides secrets that ...

A deep-sea worm that lives in hydrothermal vents is the first known animal to create orpiment, a toxic, arsenic-containing mineral that was used by artists for centuries ...