A research team led by Sam Purkis, a professor and chair of the Department of Marine Geosciences at the University of Miami, ...

New scans of the bottom of the Japan Trench reveal extensive burrow structures and evidence of regular "reset" events that ...

Organisms in the deep sea rely on gravity flows to lay down sediment and then make burrows beneath the seafloor, according to ...

A team of researchers has recently discovered deep-sea brine pools in the Red Sea that may offer insights into ancient life.

The hadal zone, comprising the ocean’s deepest regions from 6,000 to 11,000 meters, remains a focal point of scientific curiosity. Among these is the Atacama Trench, a geographically isolated ...

Traces of organisms detected in sediments from 7.5 kilometers below the ocean surface reveal how organisms living in the deep sea are engineering their own environments. Analyses of sediment cores ...

The Mariana Trench is the deepest known point of the ocean, plunging down further than the height of Mount Everest. . | Credit: Philipp Tur/Getty Images Despite advancements in technology and ...

Scientists reached the bottom of the Red Sea and what they found was startling. If you thought we had collectively searched most of the sea as a human race, you’d be wrong. In fact, only five percent ...

People frequently picture the wide nothingness of space when they think of the unknown. But what if the most terrible and profound enigma is right here on Earth? With its eerie darkness, and creatures ...