Scientists discovered human-made microplastics in the hindguts of amphipods from the Challenger Deep, the deepest point on Earth at nearly 11,000 meters depth. This was no accident. The discovery ...

A giant underwater canyon system in the Atlantic appears to have formed through tectonic forces rather than erosion.

Scientists at China's Beihang University developed a tiny morphable robot to explore the ocean's depths — and it's now taken a dive into the Mariana Trench. The team successfully demonstrated that its ...

A recent underwater expedition has revealed a thriving network of creatures at the bottom of deep-sea ocean trenches. These extreme environments, with crushing pressure, scant food, and no sunlight, ...

Megalodon, the giant prehistoric shark that once ruled warm oceans, is having a very modern afterlife. Despite a clear ...

It’s a nightmare scenario: megalodons, prehistoric sharks nearly as large as blue whales, survive in the deepest part of the ...

Submarines have been diving deeper and deeper into the ocean's depths, with undersea explorers looking to dive deeper than ...

The Trump administration argues that opening America’s seafloor to deep-sea mining is essential for strengthening our economy and securing our energy future.