Photos and video of one of the deepest points of the South Pacific have been shared by Texas millionaire Victor Vescovo, who visited the San Cristobal Trench for his latest expedition. Vescovo, who is ...

(CNN) — Marine researchers exploring extreme depths say they have discovered an astonishing deep-sea ecosystem of chemosynthetic life that’s fueled by gases escaping from fractures in the ocean bed.

Earth's oceanic trenches are still shrouded in mystery, and for good reason. Plunging as deep as 11 kilometers (6.8 miles) ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have unveiled a new crustacean predator lurking in the Atacama Trench, one of the deepest, darkest, and most extreme environments on Earth. This “new monster ...

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The Pacific Ocean is both the largest and the deepest ocean on Earth. Know why the Pacific Ocean is called the Silent Ocean, ...

The Earth's lithosphere is the rigid outer shell of the planet and is broken into several tectonic plates. These plates are in constant motion over the semi-fluid asthenosphere underneath them. Much ...