New research shows how deep-sea fish evolved unique body shapes depending on depth and habitat, revealing surprising ...

Recent scientific expeditions have unveiled a trove of new species dwelling at the bottom of the ocean, including a ...

A new study led by researchers at the University of Hawaii (UH) at Mānoa published in Nature Communications is the first of ...

Scientists have discovered that deep-sea mining plumes can strip vital nutrition from the ocean’s twilight zone, replacing natural food with nutrient-poor sediment. The resulting “junk food” effect ...

New research from University of Hawai‘i at Manoa warns that particle plumes from Pacific mining operations could starve ...

A cnidarian is attached to a dead sponge stalk on a manganese nodule in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. Diva Amon and Craig Smith, University of Hawaii at Mānoa Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it ...

The deep sea, encompassing the vast, dark, and high-pressure regions beneath the ocean’s surface, is recognised as one of the most biodiverse yet underexplored ecosystems on our planet. Recent studies ...

Scientists have found microbial traces in deep-sea blue volcanic mud, offering crucial insights into how life may thrive in ...

Scientists caution that unchecked mining could disrupt ocean food webs from the depths to dinner plates worldwide.

Nearly a dozen miles off the California coast on a foggy October morning, a crane lifts a boxy yellow robot off the deck of the research vessel Rachel Carson and lowers it into Monterey Bay’s choppy ...

Fish species living in the deep sea feature a surprisingly large range of body shapes that evolved in different ways and at ...

In the darkness of the deep ocean, where pressure crushes and light fails, an expedition has found an astonishing array of ...