A study published in July of this year sent shockwaves through the scientific community by claiming that metallic nodules in ...

The ocean depths are home to a phantasmagoria ... appear in his book Deep Atlantic: Life, Death, and Exploration in the Abyss (Knopf, 1996). Click on any of the pictures below to see the full ...

An isopod living nearly 3.7 miles (6,100 meters) deep beneath the ocean's surface, has a very unique diet: it feeds on ...

The deep sea is home to weird and wonderful creatures ... Some of the deepest-dwelling animals have adapted to the abyss by adopting light-producing organs to attract prey or signal to each ...

Cell membranes from comb jellies reveal a new kind of adaptation to the deep sea: curvy lipids that conform to an ideal shape ...

The article explores how deep-sea creatures adapt to extreme ocean pressures through unique evolutionary traits like flexible ...

Researchers have found 20 suspected new deep-sea species in international waters. Without protection, they may be at risk.

In 1971, the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution in Fort Pierce, Florida built this nine-ton, 23-foot long acrylic and aluminum submersible for marine science research. Its applications ...

Welcome to the abyss. The viperfish (pictured above ... squid and crustaceans. Many deep-sea creatures give out blue light called bioluminescence - but the stoplight loosejaw emits red light as well.

The deep sea essentially functions like an island ... leading to unique evolutionary pressures. In the abyss, small-bodied species can evolve to become significantly larger, as larger body ...

In 2011, a group of divers looking for treasure and salvage in the Baltic Sea took a sonar image of a 70-metre-long and steely-looking object lying 300 feet below sea level. Some claimed that ...