The deep sea is one of the hardest parts of the ... debris of decaying fish and other organisms. They look like the under-the-sea version of a pillbug, but are relatives of krill, shrimp, crabs ...

deep-sea mining has the potential to do in the Pacific Ocean — affecting the ecosystem and biodiversity in ways scientists say they don't yet fully understand. Mining interests plan to use large, ...

Something unusual is happening in the oceans. Strange deep-sea creatures are surfacing, and marine life is behaving unpredictably. From the rare sighting of the so-called “doomsday fish” to ...

Marine wildlife photographers and researchers from conservation NGO Condrik Tenerife found and filmed the fated fish, excited to spot the unusual species so far outside of its deep-sea environment.

and those under the seafloor are no exception. Bioturbation affects the way that nutrients cycle through sediments in an ecosystem, and, in turn, how the ecosystem functions. “Deep-sea benthic ...