The Mariana Trench is the deepest and probably the most enigmatic place on Earth. Whatever that means. Bizarre creatures, ...

The historian Procopius described how a creature called Porphyrios terrified sixth-century sailors for 50 years. But what was ...

Surface dwellers don’t really appreciate light, having far too much of it. When you live more than a mile beneath the surface ...

Scientists have found that oceanic manta rays routinely make extreme dives of more than 1,200 meters – three-quarters of a ...

The Pygmy Shark (Euprotomicrus bispinatus), the world’s second smallest shark species and one of the species with a high overlap with proposed deep sea mining. Credit: Blue Planet Archive / Masa ...

From the largest blue whale to the tiny seahorse, aquatic animals amaze with their diversity and survival strategies.

The Metals Company soared almost 19% in September, contributing to its climb of 560% since the start of 2025. India signed a 15-year agreement with the International Seabed Authority regarding ...

We know next to nothing about 99.999 percent of the seafloor. How one researcher plans to democratize deep-sea exploration. Katy Croff Bell, who has been an ocean researcher for 25 years, is working ...

Scientists off Japan found a deep-sea creature with 18 “dark yellow eggs” and discovered a new species, a study said. Getty Images/iStockphoto Thousands of feet down off the coast of Japan swam a pink ...

A large proportion of the carbon dioxide emissions that are currently being released into the atmosphere by human activities are absorbed by the surface ocean, making it more acidic. As a result, the ...