Thousands of meters beneath the ocean surface, creatures that have never been formally named are vanishing before scientists ...

Hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor host a broad range of rare and unusual ecosystems. They can be spread far apart, yet ...

Meet some of the 31 new species scientists have identified in what could be record time, off the coast of Brazil.

Living nearly 900 meters underwater, this isopod evolved unusual adaptations to thrive in the world’s most food-scarce ...

The snails and other mollusks around hydrothermal vents have evolved to thrive in extreme conditions, but mineral extraction ...

Even ecosystems once considered somewhat shielded from human waste are still being reached by it.

Far below sunlight, scientists have filmed giant transparent animals that resemble alien spacecraft more than marine life. Some stretch nearly 50 meters long, glow in the darkness, and hunt with ...

The enormous deep-sea cousins of your garden’s pill bugs can go five years without food. A gene they pilfered from bacteria may be part of the secret.

For the first time, researchers have filmed the elusive goblin shark alive in the deep ocean where it naturally lives. The ...

Deep beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Costa Rica, at depths where sunlight never reaches and pressure would crush most diving equipment, a ghost shark has been quietly going ...

Supergiant deep-sea isopods endure years without food by pairing an enlarged stomach with cold-adapted metabolic control.

Deep-sea mining threatens over half of molluscs reliant on hydrothermal vents, today’s update of The IUCN Red List of ...