Researchers descended more than 35,700 feet (10,900 meters) below sea level to collect biological samples that revealed ...

The deep sea, covering approximately 65% of Earth's surface, has long been considered a biological desert. In this extreme ...

Over the past decade, environmental disasters that have damaged the world’s oceans have been chronicled. These range from ...

Deep-sea fish thrive in extreme pressure, darkness, and pollution, revealing new survival mechanisms and threats.

Just 6 kilometers (about 4 miles) of briny water separate the ocean's surface from the depths known as the hadal zone.

The first phase of the MEER research was a joint effort of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the Institute of Deep-sea Science ...

Researchers have uncovered over 7,500 new microbial species in the hadal zone, highlighting the extreme environmental ...

In this extreme environment—particularly in the hadal zone at depths greater than 6,000 meters—organisms endure immense pressures exceeding 1 ton per square centimeter, near-freezing ...

A groundbreaking study has revealed the presence of thousands of previously unknown microbes thriving in the hadal zone, the ...

Scientists found over 7,500 unique microbes in the Hadal Zone, including the Mariana Trench, thriving at depths up to 11,000 ...