"I never thought we'd see one alive." ...

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

Hidden deep beneath the Indian Ocean, researchers have discovered what may be the world's oldest and largest whale graveyard, ...

Researchers exploring seamounts near the Christmas and Cocos Keeling Islands reported nearly 150 likely new marine species.

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

Deposited over millions of years, the whale necropolis is covered with deep-sea species, many of which are new to science.

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 ...

For centuries, the deepest parts of the ocean remained beyond human reach, hidden beneath crushing pressure and perpetual darkness. Now, a Chinese research vessel has returned from one of its most ...

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

While scientists have known that tiny microbes have been prospering in the deepest, darkest parts of the ocean, a new voyage has uncovered stunning proof of larger marine life. This undated image ...

From deep sea ghost sharks to symbiotic worms and unusual crustaceans, scientists have identified 1,121 new marine species in a single year through the Ocean Census initiative.