Plankton and other midwater organisms make up the first link in the marine food chain, supporting everything from small fish ...

The rare creature, called Haliphron atlanticus, was seen by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute’s biodiversity and biooptics team on Nov. 6, the institute confirmed to SFGATE via email. Prior ...

When the early Earth’s magma ocean crystallized 4.4 billion years ago, the deep mantle trapped an ocean’s worth of water, ...

Researchers found that eroded lava rubble beneath the South Atlantic can trap enormous amounts of CO2 for tens of millions of ...

An international research team working at 13,123 feet (4,000 meters) deep uncovered a remarkable number of previously unknown ...

A new study highlights the key role the Southern Ocean plays in the Earth’s climate system. Around 12,000 years ago, the last ...

Far below the waves, between about 1.2 and 3.1 miles (two to five kilometers) down, sunlight never reaches and the water sits just above freezing. In that darkness, animals and microbes should ...

While it is well known that climate change is heating the world's oceans, it was thought that the deep sea was safe from its effects—until now. Researchers have discovered that a rapidly warming part ...

In the deep, dark waters of the Pacific Ocean, scientists have uncovered a remarkable new species that’s shedding light on the mysteries of the ocean’s hidden ecosystems. The species, a type of limpet ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have identified the deepest creature ever recorded, found at an astounding depth of 8,336 meters beneath the ocean’s surface. This record-breaking find ...