More than 8,000 people submitted name suggestions for a tiny mollusk pulled from a sunken log nearly three miles beneath the ...

Six animals pulled from the deep ocean were so biologically distinct that researchers had to create entirely new taxonomic ...

Chinese scientists have discovered the world's largest "whale graveyard" in a trench deep below the Indian Ocean—and it teems ...

A new study reveals how deep-sea isopods survive years without food using giant stomachs, slow metabolism and a gene that ...

By Marta Serafinko June 19 (Reuters) - A pill bug dwelling under a garden pot curls its body into a tiny armored ball as self ...

Researchers found a huge whale graveyard dating back millions of years, with fossils, modern carcasses and deep-sea ...

Scientists warn deep-sea mining recovery depends on habitat, and some losses in vents and seamounts may be irreversible.

Scientists have unearthed communities of marine life — including jellyfish, tubeworms and brittle stars — thriving on a ...

Researchers from the Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering (IDSSE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in ...

Rules on deep-sea mining in international waters must be driven by "sound science" and built on consensus, the head of the body charged with regulating the divisive practice said Thursday. Deep-sea ...