Kane was struck by the high concentrations of microplastics found in the sediment, especially because Whittard Canyon is so ...

In 1982, geologist Martin Hovland sat aboard a research ship owned by the Norwegian oil company Statoil (now Equinor) in the ...

Beneath the surface of the Southern Ocean, vast volumes of cold, dense water plunge off the Antarctic continental shelf, cascading down underwater cliffs to the ocean floor thousands of meters below.

“It was beautiful, and unusual,” says Michelle Taylor, a deep-sea ecologist at University of Essex and leader of the Falkor (too)’s Ocean Census flagship expedition. Her team quickly beamed ...

Sounds unlivable, right? Microscopic life-forms exist abundantly in the extreme depths of ocean water near the volcanic island called “Kueishantao off Taiwan.” Scientists from MARUM – Center ...

A shimmery deep-sea creature measuring almost 5 feet mysteriously washed ashore on an Oregon beach. Now, researchers get a chance to learn more about the lancetfish. The big-eyed fish with sharp ...

Over the Easter weekend, seven people drowned along the Australian coast. Most were swept off rock platforms— extremely ...

Genomic analysis showed that deep-sea fish have lower mutation rates but stronger signals of natural selection, especially in ...

Nineteen of those districts are in Monmouth County and 18 are in Ocean County ... either substantially raise taxes or make deep cuts into programs and staffing, he said. "Staff layoffs and ...

Oceanographic Magazine reported that scientists saw this happening for the first time in Whittard Canyon, deep in the Celtic Sea. Powerful underwater currents are carrying plastic waste into some of ...