The Deep-Ocean Floor The discovery that it is growing outward from the mid-ocean ridges has suggested that it is formed In huge plates that act as units in the dynamic processes of the earth's ...

keep an eye out for the anglerfish – you never know what kind of bizarre sights you might encounter in the deep, dark ocean ...

The deep ocean is a vast reservoir of biodiversity that harbors unique species, communities, and ecosystems,” write the ...

Could lumpy metallic rocks in the deepest, darkest reaches of the ocean be making oxygen in the absence of sunlight?

Animals living in one of Earth’s most extreme environments—beneath the bottom of the sea—are not just making the best of the situation, according to new research. The animals are actually ...

Rules for the emerging deep-sea mining sector should take a "precautionary approach" that protects the environment, the head ...

Life on the deep ocean floor is still a mysterious realm that scientists have only just begun to inventory. They worry that this new gold rush will do untold damage to the ocean's food web and other ...

"So, one of the spookiest things about diving on these wrecks at night is that youare almost always being followed," said filmmaker Barny Dillarstone ...

Whale carcasses take decades to fully decompose and can provide food for an entire ecosystem on the dark depths of the ocean floor. Dr Adrian Glover, a Museum expert in deep-sea biodiversity, sheds ...

Sir John Ross lowers a line more than a mile into the North Atlantic and hauls up worms and a large sea star. Norwegians haul up from the deep a sea ... to probe the sea's dark midwaters ...