Watling first saw the coral species aboard a submersible in 2006, he said. The research team took photographs of the colony ...

When most of us picture the ocean, we imagine turquoise waves, colorful reefs, and shoals of darting fish. But that’s only ...

The deep sea is home to weird and wonderful creatures that, over millions of years, have evolved specific traits to survive the extreme conditions of their habitat. Scientists define the deep sea ...

The bathypelagic zone of the ocean is 1,000 to 4,000 meters below the surface. Sometimes it's called the midnight zone because it's too deep for sunlight to reach. Most animals here are much smaller ...

In July and August scientists onboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor (too) spotted the oddities through the eyes of an underwater robot as they explored the Mar del Plata Canyon.

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

The discovery challenges "long-standing assumptions about life's potential at extreme depths," study authors said.

Thousands of meters below the ocean's surface lurk some gigantic creatures, much larger than their shallow-water brethren. Scientists have a few hunches for why this happens, but the debate continues.

We’ve compiled a list of the Earth’s largest ocean animals, which we’ve ranked by weight.Read on to discover the 15 biggest deep-sea creatures.

Study finds marine creatures off southern Australia share close evolutionary links with species in North Atlantic on other ...

Given how underexplored the Pacific Ocean is, it is not surprising that new species are being discovered every time a manned or unmanned deep-water submersible is launched to document the species ...

NEW YORK (AP) — An underwater voyage has revealed a network of creatures thriving at the bottom of deep-sea ocean trenches. In these extreme environments, the crushing pressure, scant food and ...